Spit-up On My Shoulder

Another big gold star to actress Brooke Shields. She is working again to help new mothers by encouraging Congress to pass the MOTHERS Act Bill. The letters in MOTHERS stand for: Mom’s Opportunity To Access Help, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act.

Last Friday Shields spoke to Congress about the bill. The bill proposes grants to better increase education and access to screenings for new mothers and to increase research into this difficult illness. The bill also proposes grants to health care providers, to facilitate the delivery of healthcare to those suffering from postpartum depression.

Find the full story here.

I highly recommend Shield’s brutally honest book about her own postpartum depression Down Came the Rain.

She’s definitely a hero to new mothers everywhere.