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Yesterday, I stood alongside 57 other advocates at the inaugural Maryland March for Change. It was my first time serving as a group leader and I was nervous. My small group of four met with five delegates and/or their staffers. We shared our stories. We explained why this work matters — not just to us, but to our communities. I told them about giving birth to my eldest son at 21 weeks and having to watch him die. I told them about delivering my second son at 25 weeks at a s

I have a friend who always asks if I’m excited about an upcoming event or opportunity. She is always surprised when I respond with a simple, “No.” It’s not that I’m ungrateful. It’s not that I don’t recognize the opportunity. It’s not that I don’t want  to be excited. It’s that excitement costs too much. In time . In energy. In brain space. And those are resources I don’t have in abundance. It’s hard to explain this life as a medical mama to someone who has never lived it.

I left my fulltime NP position in April of 2023 It was my first job out of NP school And it was a job that I prayed for… I left because during the 4.5 years I was there, life kept crashing into me. I gave birth to Kolin in 2019 at 25 weeks and he stayed in the NICU for 6 months. And I returned to work 2 months into his NICU stay. I juggled seeing patients, pumping, and calling Kolin’s NICU for updates.  I worked 4 ten-hour shifts and visited Kolin 2 hours away on my “off” day

Southern Maryland may be one step closer to expanded women’s health services. Senate Bill 19 , sponsored by Senator Ellis, proposes the creation of the Maryland Commission on Women’s Health Advancement . The commission would be tasked with studying the feasibility of establishing a state women’s hospital in Southern Maryland , as well as a statewide clinical network to advance women’s health care . The commission, composed of members from the Maryland Department of Health (MD