AfterBirth

03/31/2026

Community doulas hold power by showing up where systems
fall short. We hold power in shared knowledge, cultural
wisdom, and the refusal to let anyone birth alone. Our power
lives in advocacy, in saying the hard things, and in protecting
choice and dignity. When we hold power together, we shift
outcomes, reclaim traditions, and create safer spaces for
every family.

03/30/2026

This , let’s uplift community doulas and the vital
work they do—centering culturally rooted care, shared
wisdom, and collective healing throughout the birth journey.
By honoring lived experience and community knowledge,
doulas help families feel seen, respected, and supported
before, during, and after birth.

03/26/2026

☀️Nice weather days are ramping up! Stay safe and hydrated in the sun!

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/at-play/Pages/Sun-Safety.aspx

🌺 Spring is here…with its famous pollen! Help those sneezes, itchy and watery eyes! Stay on top of allergy medicines, wipe down and change clothes or shower off when back inside from outdoor play.

https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/seasonal-allergies.html

03/24/2026

🧡 Sometimes it’s easier to keep pushing through rather than sitting still and accepting emotion for what is

…us moms who wear a number of hats are “good” at that 🥴

🧡 This is your reminder to pause in the moment and let it soak…while you give yourself the grace and permission to do so

03/22/2026

We 🧡 kiddos and kiddos 🧡 us!

03/21/2026

🧡Pediatric Nurse Practitioners are found wherever kiddos need care for total health and wellness!

03/20/2026

03/20/2026

🧡Keisha has dual certification in pediatrics and midwifery, so she is educated full circle in all things pregnancy, labor, birth, postpartum, and children birth to 18 years.

🦄 Keisha is a unicorn!😅

🧡 Acute care pediatric nurse practitioners provide comprehensive care to infants, children, and young adults with complex, acute, critical, or chronic illnesses. They work in hospitals, emergency departments, and subspecialty clinics, performing procedures, prescribing therapies, and managing care for severe conditions.

03/19/2026

🧡 We are here to keep your kiddos safe and healthy!

Always a controversial topic…we need to keep talking! 💉💉💉

🍼Aluminum exposure in young infants
…babies drink more aluminum in soy formula (the most), regular formula, and breastmilk…than they receive from vaccines (the least)

🦠Measles

If one person has it, up to 90% of unvaccinated people close to them will get it.
1 in 20 children infected will get pneumonia.
1-3 in 1000 children infected will die.

94% of kids infected with measles are unvaccinated.

🦠Flu

Got sick with flu A? You can also get flu B…yup, go get the flu vaccine...still.

🦠COVID

…still lurking. Death intensity has decreased, but the very young to very old are still at high risk for severe illness. Young kids are still being hospitalized and dying.

❓Why can’t we just copy another country’s schedule?

Different counties have different populations, health systems, size, cost considerations, etc.
HHS is considering a shift to Denmark’s schedule. Denmark is the size of Wisconsin…how can we replicate what they’re doing for this whole nation? 🥴

🤑 SHOW ME THE MONEY!
Yeah…no…we ain’t getting rich off vaccines. Point. Blank. Period.
AfterBirth can purchase a 10-box of vaccines for $1000…meanwhile, our membership investment is $39.00 a month.

😌 The AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) Immunization schedule is reliable and safe…we recommend vaccines as outlined by AAP - the only evidence based, scientifically supported schedule in the United States.

03/19/2026

🧡 Learn all you can and build bridges at your clinical sites…you may come out of it with a job…and you will already know the ropes!

03/17/2026

Get involved early!

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners


South Carolina NAPNAP Chapter


🧠Take advantage of the benefits of being a student!

🧽 Suck everything up like a sponge so that you have a lot of water to wring out onto your professional provider garden!

03/17/2026

🧡One of the most rewarding careers…
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner!

Getting there…

✅ Registered nurse with Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree

✅ Apply to an accredited Master of Nursing program. Find schools here…

https://www.aacnnursing.org/ccne-accreditation/find-accredited-programs

https://www.acenursing.org/search-programs

🗝️ If your program does not provide clinical sites, start looking ASAP when you are admitted!

🗝️ Take a review course before certification boards.
I took this one with CDs (the things music used to come on after cassette tapes…back in dinosaur days 😂)
https://www.npcourses.com

🗝️ IMHO…get your floor nurse feet wet first before transitioning to provider world…again, IMHO 😌

📝Peds NP Credentialing (the “boards” people…gotta pass ‘em before you get the license)

Pediatric Nursing Certification Board


American Nurses Credentialing Center
https://www.nursingworld.org/ancc/about-ancc/

🤔 QUESTIONS?
I’m glad to help!