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Today is the last day to register for the 2026 Step Up for Moms Global Baton Relay to ensure your event swag arrives in time for September 12! ✨ Don’t miss your chance to gear up, gather your team, and step alongside families, survivors, healthcare professionals, and supporters around the world as we raise awareness for amniotic fluid embolism. 💙Register TODAY to get your swag in time, then get ready to Carry the Light on September 12! #StepUpForMoms2026 #EndAFE #GlobalBatonRelay #CarryTheLight #AFEAwareness

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We’re proud to celebrate Kayleigh Summers, LCSW, Support Program Director at the AFE Foundation, therapist, advocate, and founder of The Birth Trauma Mama, on the publication of a new paper focused on effective communication with patients and families during and after severe maternal events. The paper, co-authored with other providers and patients, notably with physicians Melissa Bauer and Elliott Main, longtime champions of patient-centered maternity care and supporters of the AFE Foundation’s mission, highlights the critical role of compassionate, trauma-informed communication in improving outcomes and experiences for patients and families navigating obstetric emergencies. Drawing from her professional expertise in perinatal trauma and her lived experience as an AFE survivor, Kayleigh continues to advance conversations around recovery, healing, and the importance of centering patient voices in maternal healthcare. Compassionate communication is a clinical intervention in itself and a cornerstone of patient-centered healthcare. Congratulations on this important and needed publication. Read the paper here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41926773/ #PatientCenteredCare #MaternalHealth #BirthTraumaAwareness #TraumaInformedCare #PerinatalMentalHealth

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Step Up for Moms is making its way across the country! 💙👟 From coast to coast, participants in 27 states have already signed up to step, move, and carry the light for families impacted by AFE. Every state represented means more awareness. More conversations. More people coming together for one shared mission. ✨ Don’t see your state represented yet? Be the one to put it on the map! Join us for Step Up for Moms and help us spread awareness even further. #StepUpForMoms2026 #EndAFE #CarryTheLight #AFEFoundation #MaternalHealth