Category: advocacy
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Advocating for Yourself & Becoming a Better Advocate for Others
Here we go again. Not that I thought maternal health disparities for the black community would improve overnight, but here we go again. I have been dreading reading about what happened in Dallas. I mean how many times can you really see stories like that and turn a blind eye? If you read my first…
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Birth Control Methods: Which One is for You?
Woo-hoo! We are going one month strong with this blog so far! I want to thank you all for continuing to read my posts each week. When I started this, I really wanted to have a space for women’s health education without the time constraints of the clinic space. I hope that this has been…
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Understanding Your Period & The Use of Birth Control: part two
When thinking of birth control, the first instinct is to think of birth control only being used to prevent pregnancy. But there is so much more that birth control can help you with. From acne, managing painful periods, to regulating bleeding, there are so many uses. I don’t know that I want to go into…
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Understanding Your Period & The Use of Birth Control: part one
I have this conversation with patients a few times a week, sometimes daily. When thinking about periods, there is always the question of what is normal and what might be abnormal? Similarly, birth control comes with its own set of concerns. I am frequently asked, “Do I need birth control?” or patients’ express “I’m not…
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The Black Birth Experience
Raising awareness and encouraging advocacy “Ugh that black patient won’t stop screaming. She’s so loud and dramatic!” After not seeing her son in the NICU for over 24 hours, she cried to herself in her room. Her nurse returned and said, “I guess crying got you your way, you can go see your baby now.”…
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