What is Maternal Health

Every Mother Counts answers one of our most frequently asked questions: What exactly does “maternal health” mean?

Every Mother Counts is all about supporting maternal health, yet one of our most frequently asked questions is: “What exactly does maternal health…

Pregnant in Malawi: A Photo Essay

Check out these beautiful portraits of pregnant women at their antenatal classes at Chakhaza Health Center, February 28, 2014.

A picture tells a thousand words and we have pictures of six women in Malawi whose births and stories have been…

Haeley Giambalvo of designimprovised.com shares her story of being born a mom

My first daughter Stella Rose was born on September 22, 2009. I remember the surreal feeling of coming home from a doctor’s appointment the day before knowing that I was going to be a mother by the…

Tulane University screens No Woman, No Cry

Gamma Rho Lambda Xi Chapter and Amnesty International Tulane hosted a screening and discussion of No Woman No Cry on Tulane University’s campus.
By, Abigail Goodman

Dedicate this Earth Day to Make Every Mother Count

How Earth Day has evolved since 1970 from being a “hippie thing” to making important inroads on improving maternal health.

As we approach Earth Day 2014, Every Mother Counts is more focused than ever on choosing to…

Surgery in Africa — How Lifebox Is Making A Difference

Sarah Kessler, head of outreach at Lifebox Foundation, discusses why unsafe surgery is a women’s issue.

New mothers in Ghana traditionally wear white for three months after delivering by Caesarean section. When…

Running the Boston Marathon for Maternal Health

Join Every Mother Counts in celebrating this year’s Boston Marathon runners.

Perhaps more than in any other year, the world is focused on this year’s Boston Marathon. Every Mother Counts will be there with sneakers on the…

Holly Phillip’s Birth Story

January 19th, 2001: The birth of Nancy Violet Phillips “Violet.” 

I sure look sad. Not actually sure why that is, I was just exhausted. In hindsight, I realize how amazingly lucky I am to have three safe deliveries in the comfort of clean hospitals with well trained doctors and…

Stacey Risenmay — When I Became a Mother

I remember when I first became a mother. We were young and had only been married for a year and a half. I think because we were only in our early 20’s we had confidence that everything would go as expected. 


It was like some of the “I am invincible”…

Refusals Cut Options After C-Sections

New York Times, Health: CASPER, Wyo. — When Marie Scott, a child-care worker turned stay-at-home mother, found out she was pregnant again last year, she knew she wanted a traditional birth.