Recently, as part of the Million Moms Challenge, I was asked about the best or worse part of my pregnancy. To be honest, I thought that I had nothing interesting to say about my two pregnancies. They were both healthy and quite normal, but the more I thought about it, and once I started writing, I realized that there was so much more than just heartburn and my 35 pound weight gain with each child to write about. It was an emotional roller coaster, particularly the second time around when I got unexpectedly pregnant when my daughter was a mere 10 months old.
The Million Moms Challenge is a call-to-action. It’s a campaign for hope. A movement for change.
By engaging a million Americans with millions of mothers in the developing world around issues that directly impact pregnancy, childbirth and children’s health, the Million Moms Challenge will raise awareness and funds to help women and children everywhere survive and thrive.
The Million Moms Challenge brings together a coalition of more than a dozen world-class partners working around the globe to improve the lives of women and children. The Million Moms Challenge focuses on crucial issues that are a priority for all mothers, including access to proper nutrition to support healthy pregnancies, trained midwives to assist in safe deliveries, and vaccines that enable children to survive to their first birthdays and beyond. The Million Moms Challenge is sponsored in part by ABC News, the UN Foundation, BabyCenter and Johnson & Johnson, as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
I am so proud to be a part of the Million Moms Challenge and want you to please read my first post on the ABC news/United Nations Foundation page.
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