Parenthood in Bloom

06/09/2026

06/08/2026

Find your village. Be someone’s village.

Let go of unnecessary or unrealistic expectations.

Accept help when it’s offered — and wear that acceptance with pride!

06/06/2026

A referral to an MFM specialist can feel scary. But here's the truth. An MFM or Maternal-Fetal Medicine subspecialist is an OB-GYN with advanced training in complex pregnancies. They step in to provide closer monitoring, expert support, and coordinated care when a pregnancy needs an extra level of attention.

That might look like more frequent visits, additional ultrasounds, or lab work. It also means having a specialist in your corner who is specifically trained for exactly what you're going through.

This patient focused infographic provides an overview on what to expect when referred to an MFM subspecialist and addresses conditions that commonly lead to a referral, what patients can expect, and questions to ask your doctor.

Clinicians are encouraged to download, print, and share this resource with your patients.

Access this resources and more at smfm.org/hrpaw

06/06/2026

05/31/2026

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has reaffirmed that mother’s own milk is the optimal nutrition for very low birth weight infants in the NICU.

When mother’s own milk is not available, insufficient, or contraindicated, the AAP recommends pasteurized donor human milk to help reduce the risk of serious complications, including necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). 🛡️

Donor human milk plays an important role in protecting vulnerable infants and supporting improved outcomes when maternal milk is not available.

🔗 Read the full clinical report: https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/157/2/e2025073625/206082/Promoting-Human-Milk-and-Breastfeeding-for-the?autologincheck=redirected

05/29/2026

Last slide is worth remembering in that first year postpartum, especially!

05/28/2026

For generations, women learned about birth from other women. They witnessed it. Supported it. Trusted it.

Now, many women reach adulthood having never seen an undisturbed physiological birth once in their lives.

Instead, birth is often introduced through fear, emergency storylines, hospital dramas, timelines, interventions, and the message that women’s bodies are unpredictable problems waiting to happen.

So of course home birth sounds “extreme” to many people. What’s actually unfamiliar is physiological birth itself.

And that doesn’t mean every woman should birth at home. It means women deserve to know what physiological birth is before they’re taught to fear it.

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05/28/2026

“Muscle and Milk" captures a powerful truth about modern motherhood: strength and caregiving are not opposites, they coexist.

Photographed by husband-and-wife duo Anita Clark and Paul Wenham-Clarke and shortlisted for both the 2025 AOP Open Awards and the Sony World Photography Awards, the image features three rugby players breastfeeding their babies moments after finishing a match. The result is both striking and deeply human. A portrait of women refusing to choose between ambition, athleticism, and motherhood.