maternal health

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. - According to the Centers for Disease Control, one in 9 children in the United States is before the 37 week period required to be considered a full-term birth.

Zooma, Annapolis was the first of the Zooma race series I have attended. There was a lot of activity and people milling about as we set up our table during registration. Lots of people checked out our EMC running shirts and several people stopped by to see what Every Mother Counts was all about.

Fynn and I visited Neema Baby House in Arusha Tanzania. Over half the babies there are in the orphanage because their mother’s died giving birth to them. It is incredibly sad, but their fathers are not equipped to care for a newborn (the most obvious thing is that they can’t feed them!) so in one fell swoop they loose not only their mamas, but their fathers and aunts and uncles, and are destined to a brutal life as an orphan from day one. It breaks my heart.

It’s National Running Day! Ready to lace up your sneakers and head out for a run with us? Every Mother Counts runs so vulnerable mothers won't have to. Each year, hundreds of thousands of girls and women die from pregnancy and childbirth related complications.