PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy

06/01/2026

Today is the day: the first-ever Placenta Health Awareness Day!

This day is dedicated to raising awareness about the vital role of the placenta in healthy pregnancies and stillbirth prevention.

June 1 (6/1) reflects the ideal term fetal-placental weight ratio of 6:1, a simple but powerful reminder of the placenta’s critical role in fetal growth and pregnancy outcomes.

To participate today, share this post. Share your family’s story on social media, and placenta facts & research highlights. Reach out to your local media to let them know about this day! Take part in a “Do What You Love 6:1 Adventure Challenge,” and join our team on Zoom tonight at 6:01pm CST for a virtual community gathering to celebrate everyone’s hard work. (See link in stories!)

Swipe to see some of the places the PUSH team has taken our Placenta Plushie to spread awareness about baby’s 1st roommate. 🥰

Tell us your placenta stories in the comments!

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05/17/2026

Preeclampsia rates are on the rise in the US and are a leading cause of maternal and infant illness and death.

All women need to know the risk factors for developing high blood pressure during pregnancy - and that you can also have no risk factors, but still may develop it.

💻 Learn about the risks and treatment for preeclampsia: https://preeclampsia.org

05/13/2026

Part 2: What to do! If your patient experienced a stillbirth, be tactful when discussing the next steps.

This is a situation that requires extreme empathy & cannot be rushed. (Note: You may not be the right person to deliver this information). Remember finding out the cause of death is crucial for your patients’ healing journey, including to plan for future pregnancies if they decide to have another baby. AND it can help improve the care you give your next family! So please do everything possible to help them find answers.

Learn the right way to approach this sensitive but critical topic from this Live convo with on our FB, LinkedIn & YouTube or by taking our stillbirth prevention & PAL courses: pushpregnancy.thinkific.com

05/13/2026

Part 1: What NOT to do! After a stillbirth, parents are in complete shock & need the gentle guidance of their care team through the process of evaluating why this happened.

❌ Don’t be like Owen’s doctor!

Learn the right way to approach this sensitive but critical topic from this Live convo with on our FB, LinkedIn & YouTube or by taking our stillbirth prevention & PAL courses: pushpregnancy.thinkific.com

05/12/2026

“Why did this happen?” is the question every family asks after stillbirth, & too often, they never get an answer. 💔

Join us for a candid conversation LIVE on our Facebook, YouTube & LinkedIn pages with Dr. Emmie Strassberg, DO, FACOOG as she walks us through the why behind stillbirth evaluation: what tests matter, what answers are possible, & how finding a cause can offer families both closure & a clearer path forward.

Whether you’re a patient navigating pregnancy after loss or a provider supporting them, this conversation is for you.

Dr. Strassberg also shares how she’s reimagining PAL care through her telemedicine practice & community program, Building Hope After Loss — because better answers lead to better outcomes, & no family should walk this road alone.

Reminder if you’re a provider & want to learn more, you can take PUSH’s self-paced, accredited courses now at pushpregnancy.thinkific.com for both Stillbirth Prevention & PAL Trauma Informed Care.

💬 Leave a comment with any questions you want us to ask!

05/08/2026

Moms built this moment. 💙

Today at the NC Capitol, bereaved mothers, advocates, and lawmakers stood together to push for passage of the BUMP Act (SB 909), a bill sponsored by which would bring standardized fetal movement education and provider training to every corner of North Carolina.

Two babies are born still every day in this state. The BUMP Act is how we change that.

PUSH's own incredible Ana Vick (), Owen's mom, has spent years laying the groundwork for this critical legislation alongside PUSH Changemaker Brittany Day (), Ruby & Sophie's mom, and our partners at / (including Madison's mom Henderson) and Tomeka James Isaac (), Jace's mom. This Mother's Day, we celebrate every courageous parent who has transformed loss into lasting change.

Mothers don't just grieve. We legislate. 🏛️

Ana has shown up for North Carolina's families and beyond the same way she showed up for Owen: with everything she had. We are so proud of her.

This Mother's Day and always, we're honoring the moms who turned their deepest grief into the most powerful kind of love: advocacy that saves lives. 💙

🔗 Learn more + support the BUMP Act at bit.ly/SupportNCBUMP (link in Stories)

01/27/2026

Please watch this. We are thankful to all the doctors speaking out for their patients and are concerned about the health and wellbeing of the pregnant immigrant population. We hope everyone is able to get to their doctor’s appointments and seek care when they have any concerns.

Minnesota physicians will hold a press conference to detail obstructions to care caused by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota health ca...