May is most notable for Mother’s Day – a day to celebrate moms everywhere for being nurturers, leaders, role models, and the best hug-givers! This year the month of May will also honor moms, in a powerful way, with the launch of National Preeclampsia Awareness Month.
Designed by the Preeclampsia Foundation, National Preeclampsia Awareness Month is a month-long educational campaign that aims to build awareness around preeclampsia, a life-threatening pregnancy disorder that affects hundreds of thousands of moms, and their unborn babies, each year. The Preeclampsia Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing patient support and education, raising public awareness, advancing research and improving health care practices. They envision a world where preeclampsia no longer threatens the lives of mothers and babies. 1
Although most women with preeclampsia will deliver a healthy baby, some will experience complications. Worldwide, preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are responsible for 76,000 maternal and 500,000 infant deaths each year. 1 Despite such devastating numbers, too few people are aware and informed about this global health problem.
That’s where you can help!
All across the country this month people are helping raise awareness about premature births. According to the 
It may seem that every month a different group or charity is rallying around a cause, raising awareness for anything from illnesses to social issues to silly things like hamburgers (yep, we bet you didn’t know May is National Hamburger Month!).1 However, it’s rare that two separate advocacy campaigns complement each other as they did this month. September is both 
ViaCord families help raise awareness about 
Sunday is National Grandparents Day, and before the celebrations begin we’d like to take a moment to say thank you to grandparents everywhere for playing such an important role in family life. As mentors, nurturers, heroes, buddies, providers – today’s generation of grandparents is one-of-a-kind.
In celebration of July being Cord Blood Awareness Month, 
According to Merriam-Webster the definition of awareness is “having or showing realization, perception, or knowledge.” That’s precisely the goal of this month, July – 
If you’ve gone through a pregnancy or plan to someday, you know physical changes are a big part of the experience. Some are anticipated; others may have never crossed your mind. Commonly discussed topics around pregnancy-related physical changes include, swollen hands and feet, fatigue, and even how mom’s hair will grow thick and shiny over the next months. The topics that rarely make it to the forefront of conversation, including pelvic floor dysfunction and related bladder and bowel issues, are the ones that many mothers actually ‘really wish they had known about’ beforehand.