Our final crush for 2021 is Aiyana Davison, CNM, WHNP. Aiyana strives to address the inequities that Black birthing people face in the U.S., uses her social media (The Vagina Chronicles) to educate, engage, and create safe space for birthing families and their communities. #MCW #NBMA

I got nothin but love for National Black Midwives Alliance thank you! 💕

May we continue to have empathy and compassion for ourselves and others as we do this thing called life! ✊🏾💞 #SoulCareSunday #Peace #SelfLove

I am not ok…

Black student midwives and aspiring midwives! Mark your calendars for this Q&A Information session. Bring all your questions about becoming a midwife. bit.ly/3AhPvPr #Blackmidwives #Blackstudentmidwives #FutureFridays

Don’t forget to relax your butt cheeks… (or let down your shoulders, unclench your jaw, flex your feet on behalf of your claves, shake out your hands) Yup, let that tension go!

Be very discerning with who you allow to guide, influence and speak into your life.

"We need more autonomous practice for qualified, community-based midwives – particularly where other birthing resources are in short supply – and we should hold hospitals that refuse to coordinate with them accountable." ow.ly/4OQ150HHCEg

Abbott Elementary is the only Abbott we acknowledge.

Our children do not belong to us. They come through us yes but they are not us. They belong to life, to their destiny, to their own unique path.

holding space for more than one thing to be true at a given time allows us to have more grace, compassion and empathy for ourselves and others. holding space for one thing does not have to devalue or lessen the impact of another. multiple truths multiplies the love, too.

Words from my bff ‘ratchet ratchet rest’ and ‘I can always hear Biggie’ 🤣🤣

Sending support and celebration to those who had the courage to walk away from the familiar to reclaim their self respect and peace of mind. You did it!

#BMHW22 Local Events in California: blackmamasmatter.org/local-events/c…

Today (April 11) we recognize #InternationalDayforMaternalHealthandRights, an annual call-to-action to address every mama's and birthing person's right to high quality, respectful care before, during, & after pregnancy. #BMHW22 #BMMA #BlackMaternalHealth

Every birthing person has a right to experience a safe and healthy pregnancy, birth, and postpartum period, and we have a path forward through the Senate to make this happen.

But we see you. We know what you're doing. But we're not mad. It's not like we were counting on your scary ass anyway.

Always our bodies. Always our power. They see it. Waiting for us to. Midwives, healers, body workers, rise up!

‘Birthwork’ ain’t easy. As grandma would say: ‘nuh mek nobady fool yuh’.

This.