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The theme for this year’s International Day of the Midwife (IDM), is Midwives: A Vital Climate Solution. How do these two things intersect?

A midwife is a healthcare provider who is trained to provide uncomplicated obstetric and gynecological services.

Climate change is one of the greatest health challenges of our time. Our warming planet has more heatwaves, more floods, and more natural disasters that significantly impact the health of women and babies.

Midwives are a vital solution in adapting health systems to climate change, and lowering carbon emissions overall. Midwives deliver safe and environmentally sustainable health services and are first responders when climate disasters hit.

Some decide to stop family building efforts due to emotional and financial limits. Intense grief is a part of the journey into “childless not by choice” or “childfree after infertility”. Let’s be understanding that infertility journeys do not always end with little ones. Let’s eliminate the stigma by acknowledging people have meaning without children. Let’s break the stereotypes.

#CANBACE
#WeCanAll
#NIAW2024
#ResolveInfertility

Sperm donation is becoming more common. Reasons include increasing male infertility, more women choosing to be single parents, and lesbian couples taking advantage of more favorable laws. About ½ million women in the United States have used donor insemination to conceive children.

#NIAW2024
#LeaveYourMark2024
#ResolveInfertility

There are many family-building options, including adoption. Our community must work together to ensure that all family building options remain legal and available.

#NIAW2024
#LeaveYourMark2024
#MakeYourMark
#ResolveInfertility

ROCK your orange during National Infertility Awareness Week.  Let everyone know you’re part of the movement to raise awareness! It’s ok to talk about infertility and preserving fertility. Join the conversation.
  
#NIAW2024
#LeaveYourMark2024
#WearOrange2024
#ResolveInfertility