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All donations go towards saving the lives of mothers and babies around the world.
Please consider reading through the Midwives Model of Care on the Home page, and check out the Midwives' Data Hub on my Blog.
As these resources describe, Midwifery plays a very large role in saving lives. It is estimated that by investing in the training and availability of midwives around the world, 4,300,000 lives could be saved by the year 2035. It is stated that 88 to 98 percent of maternal deaths are avoidable with moderate levels of health care (WHO 1986).
The first 1,000 days of a child's life involve life from the day of conception (first day of pregnancy) until the day the child turns 2 years old. During this time is when the perinatal period takes place. It is during this period that the health of mother and baby are at greatest stake, holding great delicacy. This is an important time for maternal and neonatal providers to give their best to protect this delicate period, to nourish it, and guide it by educating those responsible for their own health decisions: the parent(s). It is a time to be monitored closely,
to be guarded as a sacred space. The first 1,000 days of a child's life are both the most impactful and influential as well as the most dangerous of all. This is when the most (untimely) deaths occur; many, many that could be prevented.
Because the mother-infant relationship is so closely intertwined, both the health and bonding of mother and baby must particularly be guarded closely. Protecting this period largely includes the establishment and promotion of breastfeeding beginning with early initiation of breastfeeding at the time of birth and exclusive breastfeeding up until 6 months of age.
Protecting the perinatal period is vital for greater success in positive, empowering outcomes and achievements. To decrease the excessive number of maternal and neonatal mortality, attention must be focused on the first 1,000 days of life, the 1,000 days that will make it or break it for the health, well-being, and success of an individual life, an individual family, and of the entire world.
If it was your mother at stake, your daughter, your child, your wife… would
it matter?
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