Mississippi Center For Birth and Breastfeeding Equity

02/02/2026

Take action today! The Mississippi Diaper Bank Coalition is seeking to eliminate the tax on diapers. There are currently Three Eliminate Diaper Sales Tax Bills that have been assigned to the House Ways and Means Committee and One Eliminate Diaper Sales Tax Bill assigned to the Senate Finance Committee. Please contact your Senator and Representative today and ask them to move these bills through their committee. Look up and read each Bill here: https://www.legislature.ms.gov/legislation/measure-search/

Diapers are not a discretionary purchase. They are a basic necessity for infant
health, childcare participation, and parental employment. Families with young
children—particularly those with low and moderate incomes—bear this cost week
after week, often during the most financially vulnerable years of parenthood.
From a fiscal perspective, exempting diapers from sales tax is a targeted and
responsible way to provide meaningful relief to working families without creating a
broad or unsustainable revenue impact.

From a workforce and economic development standpoint, access to affordable diapers supports parents’ ability to remain employed and children’s ability to remain in licensed childcare settings. Mississippi continues to work toward being a state where young families can afford to live, work, and raise children. Addressing the diaper tax is a practical step in that direction and one that has bipartisan support across the country.

12/04/2025

Dear community, We are accepting applications for diaper bank participants at this time. Feel free to to complete the form or share with folks who have little people on the outside.
A few notes:
*We do not service babies in utero but, do have other services for their parents.
*We do not carry pull-ups but, do often have potty chairs for new folks learning to potty.
* We do carry a limited amount of cloth for folks who use those kinds of diapers.
*. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DONATE ANY DIAPERS AND WIPES OR PERIOD PRODUCTS TO US ANYTIME. PRETTY PLEASE

12/02/2025

11/07/2025

Decades of research have shown that round-the-clock fetal monitoring does not reliably predict fetal distress, and experts say it leads to many unnecessary surgeries. But it’s still used in nearly every birth in the U.S. because of business and legal concerns, a New York Times investigation found. https://nyti.ms/3WF7yLx

10/30/2025

Our diaper pantry needs more diapers and more formula. Remember we accept cloth and disposable. Our biggest need is size 3-5. Feel free to ship donations to our office or drop them by the office at the Link Centre

07/04/2025

Guess what?! Water birth is safe according to the doctors…. Kind of old information to a lot of us.. however use this to ask your doctor about water birth.

AJOG Expert Review in Labor: Water birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis of maternal and neonatal outcomes https://ow.ly/nr7O50R9Nzi

05/10/2025

Using a peanut ball as a supported squat aid can be incredibly helpful in helping baby engage lower in the pelvis!

Tie a rebozo (traditional Mexican woven scarf used in pregnancy, birth, baby-wearing, and more!) to the hospital's squat bar (or any creative spot) and hang there if it helps you feel more supported!

Have you or your parents tried this? We'd love to hear about your experiences!

Download our FREE birth positions resource guide for dozens of creative, functional, and practical labor and birthing positions. See link in bio or >> https://www.motherboardbirth.com/labor-positions-guide

03/06/2025

10/16/2024

The Origin of America’s Favorite Nursery Rhyme:Davy Crockett's older sister, Effie Crockett was invited to help some mothers in the Muskogee Tribe. Once she arrived in camp, Effie laughed at what she saw. The Muskogee Tribe had a custom of cradling their pappooses among the swaying branches of birch trees. This protected their babies from ground insects, the sun, and wild animals.After first finding it funny, she soon learned all the great reasons for this practice and marveled at the beauty of it.Effie watched the swaying and soothing motion of the topmost branches of the trees. She loved how each baby enjoyed nature, how they listened to the songbirds, observed every ladybug, and smiled at the colors of a butterfly, every little breeze was felt and enjoyed by these young ones; each babe seemed perfectly content.One of the Tribal mothers began to sing a song to the children in her native tongue. As the Muskogee mother sang, Miss Effie observed a small tear running down the mother’s cheek.Lulu se pepe i le pito i luga o le laau,A agi le matagi e luluina le moega pepe,A gau le lala e paʻu ai le moega pepe,
Ma o le a sau i lalo pepe, moega pepe ma mea uma.
Effie translated the words and kept the tune. She shared it with everyone and it soon became a wildly popular nursery rhyme among the Colonies.
The English translation:
Rock-a-bye baby on the tree top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock,
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all.
Why did the Muskogee mother cry?
A “bough” is simply a tree branch, and its breaking was used by the Muskogee mothers as an analogy of their little baby growing up.
Their little baby would soon outgrow his cradle. With each gently rocking wind, time was passing. One day, little baby would no longer need the protection of his mother. One day, the “branch” would break because her little baby had become too heavy. The “cradle” would fall to the earth – the child, no longer a baby, would dust himself off and grow into a man.
The now famous lullaby was first printed in Mother Goose’s Melody.
The rest is history.