Power of MoMMAs Voices this week highlights certified Patient Family Partner Judith Francis. Judith shares her birth stories including, preeclampsia and gestational diabetes and how her experiences led her to her passion and mission to spread the message that preeclampsia is not over at delivery. She also talks about the MoMMAs Voices Patient Family Partner training and some of her advocacy work and engagements. “I feel like there's something that I can do and that this is what my purpose is.”“We’re constantly being told that preeclampsia is something that… goes away after birth, and I'm a strong advocate that it does not.”“Through training, you're taught not to dismiss those pains, but just to let your voice overcome the pain.”“You will get the courage one day to just get up and say, okay, this is a day that I'm gonna do it. And each time you speak, just remember that it's a possibility that you're saving lives, you're saving a mom's life, you're saving a baby life.” About MoMMAs VoicesMoMMAs Voices (Maternal Mortality & Morbidity Advocates) is the first-ever maternal health patient advocates program bringing together real patient and family voices. We're made up of dozens of maternal health organizations who represent all types of maternal health conditions, as well as cross-cutting topics like maternal mental health, racial equity, healthcare delivery, and patient-provider partnership. We sit at the center of maternal health improvements, connecting and training patients with lived experiences, providers, quality improvement leaders, researchers, and policymakers to move forward improvements in maternal care. We are a program of the Preeclampsia Foundation.

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