By Hannah McCouch
The U.S. spends more on healthcare than any other country yet we’re ranked 60th in the world in maternal health outcomes.
It’s easy to understand how maternal deaths happen when there’s not enough medical care…
There is often a focus on the need to reduce overuse of Cesarean Sections in the US. But here’s another side of the story we don’t hear enough about. In many developing countries, women who desperately need C-sections can’t get them. Sometimes it’s because…
Every Mother Counts is proud to announce a new grant to benefit moms in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Democratic Republic of Congo is home to more than 77 million people, only 34% of whom live in urban areas like…
When a patient was allegedly forced to have a C-section against her will, her lawsuit launched an important national conversation.
When Rinat Dray delivered her baby in New York City in 2011, most American hospitals were deeply entrenched in a…
Original article can be found on Huffington Post: Global Motherhood Last week, a Huffington Post headline read: Christy Turlington Burns Says C-Sections As The Norm In U.S. Are ‘Dangerous…
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.
Every Mother Counts is continuing the Conversation with Avital Norman Nathman on our book of the month, The Good Mother Myth.
The Good Mother Myth is just part of what you write about. What are you working on now that the book has launched?
Marjorie Lyons from Brooklyn, NY was 11 days postpartum from a C-section when she was found dead from childbirth complications with her newborn.
Erin Thornton is Every Mother Counts Executive Director and currently on maternity leave with daughter #3. Here’s her story of her baby’s birth, just a couple weeks agoI was scheduled for my third c-section on Tuesday the 20th of August (just last month). I felt confident that it was the right…