Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Today, The Perfect Birth Myth: Pushing Back Against a Broken Industry is officially out! I wrote this book because I'm tired of a system that asks individuals to carry the responsibility for problems they did not create. We don't need more pressure to have the perfect birth. 100
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanBloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social · 06/08/2026What exactly is “the perfect birth myth?” Authors @avitalnn.bsky.social and @wagedj.bsky.social sat down with @msmagazine.com to discuss the realities of modern maternal care. Read the Q&A: bit.ly/4fQsAQn 📚💙 #AcademicSkymsmagazine.comThe Myth of the 'Perfect Birth': What America Gets Wrong About Pregnancy, Birth and Maternal CareProject 2026's pronatalist vision insists that America needs more babies—but largely ignores the conditions that make pregnancy and childbirth unnecessarily dangerous in the first place. In this inter... 045
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanBloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social · 10/07/2026⭐ A starred review for a bold challenge to the “perfect birth” myth. @publisherswkly.bsky.social praises @avitalnn.bsky.social and @wagedj.bsky.social’s “The Perfect Birth Myth.” See what they had to say: bit.ly/4wCZlHz 📚💙 #AcademicSkybit.lyThe Perfect Birth Myth: Pushing Back Against a Broken Industry by Avital Norman Nathman, Deborah WageNathman, editor of The Good Mother Myth, and Wage, a nurse practitioner and midwife, lay out a supportive road map to maternal h... 052
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanDeborah Wage @wagedj.bsky.social · 11/07/2026There’s no such thing as a perfect birth. But the US system sells the myth anyway. @avitalnn.bsky.social and I wrote a book about what that actually costs: financially, in outcomes, and to all of us. Read the starred review from Publishers Weekly www.publishersweekly.com/9798216277262 002
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanJessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 14/04/2026Wow. In 2017, @avitalnn.bsky.social and I reported on the women’s rugby team at Quinnipiac and the school’s ongoing failure to comply with T9. I guess now that T9 is defunct in practice, they finally did what they’ve wanted to do. www.sbnation.com/2017/4/3/151...sbnation.comTitle Fight: Quinnipiac has conquered women’s rugby despite its own administrationCome fan with us. SB Nation is the largest independent sports media brand, consisting of SBNation.com, MMAFighting.com and over 300 fan-centric team communities. 63015
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanDeborah Wage @wagedj.bsky.social · 01/02/2026You can order it now: presale link here: www.bloomsbury.com/us/perfect-b... What a journey this has been. I’m grateful to have traveled it with @avitalnn.bsky.social. 275
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 23/11/2025One of the things I name as harmful to birth in the US in my upcoming book, The Perfect Birth Myth, is the MAHA movement and how their spreading of mis/disinformation is truly deadly. Absolutely devastating as more and more stories come out. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...theguardian.comInfluencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the worldA year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors 020
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/06/2025If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options: 1-877-447-4487 902215511230
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Who are folks following/paying attention to when it comes to #birth and #maternalhealth? Now that The Perfect Birth Myth has a pub date, I want to update our Pushing Back chap highlighting folks who are not just talking the talk but doing the work when it comes to healthy, safe pregnancy and birth. 011
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanDeborah Wage @wagedj.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Indeed. Many things on the front end seem benign and even helpful. But @avitalnn.bsky.social and I wrote about the underlying stoking of fear and sabotaging self confidence in this piece medium.com/the-establis...medium.comFear-Mongering Among New Mothers Is A Profitable BusinessWhen a parent stands at the cross-section of Perfection and Fear, they are opening themselves up to being preyed on by a host of companies. 001
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanDenise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 08/06/2025ICE ran over some protesters in Los Angeles. We crossed the rubicon a long time ago. Look at the massive amount of vehicles being used in these Los Angeles raids. And Trump and his thugs are not going to let up.youtube.comProtester tries to stop ICE SUV from leaving site of raid in L.A.YouTube video by KTLA 5 28397155
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanVince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 07/06/2025HAPPENING NOW: Protesters are not backing down in their clash with ICE agents over raid operations in the Los Angeles area 📍Paramount, CA 545129423021
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanProPublica @propublica.org · 29/05/2025ProPublica's Brett Murphy just appeared on @msnbc.com to to discuss his reporting with @annamaria.bsky.social on the fallout of the Trump administration's abandonment of its humanitarian commitments around the world. Read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/trum... 9566175
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 29/05/2025🚨New book alert!! The Perfect Birth Myth has been almost a decade in the making. From the sprout of an idea years ago while I was working at the Yale School of Public Health to create group prenatal care curriculum (where I met @wagedj.bsky.social) 1/2 142
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Had a 1:40pm appt yesterday with a specialist. Just a follow up appt. Was brought back at 2pm (not bad!), got vitals and whatnot done. Was left alone until just after 2:40 when doc finally came in. Asked me 1 Q, I answered, appt done (less than 3 min total). I just…media.tenor.coma cartoon of spongebob with the words this could have been an emailALT: a cartoon of spongebob with the words this could have been an email 110
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Just as my teen is headed to college in the fall. 🫠 000
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Boston rejects Trump's fascism and embraces liberty. "This is what democracy looks like" ( 📹 @whoiskf.bsky.social ) #3E #FiftyFiftyOne #EndImpunity #EndOligarcy #EndAutogenocide 12974871700
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanDeborah Wage @wagedj.bsky.social · 19/04/2025@avitalnn.bsky.social & I wrote a book digging deep > shameful perinatal outcomes in the US. Before it goes to press I hope we can edit our chapter “White Supremacy, Racism, and a System Set Up to Fail People of Color” to say Momnibus Act passed. Track it here www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c...congress.gov 011
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanRobin Marty @robinmarty.com · 10/04/2025Alabama’s most extreme antis are trying to get a bill to throw abortion seekers in jail (right now they can’t be charged under Alabama law). Gross? Yes. But also a potential opportunity for us to make GOOD change. Here’s how: 03515
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 08/04/2025My dear friend Dr. Deb (who is also a much needed abortion orovider!) is raising $ for Project Callisto, an incredible organization that is working to combat serial sexual assault on college campuses. Please join me in donating! give.projectcallisto.org/GreatLovegive.projectcallisto.orgSurvivors Deserve Better 2025{{MetaTags.description}} 001
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Today, on #TransDayOfVisibility (and every day!) I see and support my trans family and friends, and those I haven’t met. Especially now, may you be seen, loved, and safe. Protect Trans Kids and Protect Trans Adults. 🫶🩷🤍💙 030
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator. In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”washingtonpost.comRFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientistMarks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.” 11933225413318
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanLindsay Sabadosa @sabadosama.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Elected officials are supposed to represent the best interests of their constituents. Raising bank fees is not in anyone's best interest and will harm, not help. This is a shameful vote. 031
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Thanks, I hate it 1953436806
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 26/03/2025How about “goodies” like #abortion access/rights? Can we get that? Or paid maternity leave? Lower rates of maternal mortality? 3487
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Another day, another bigot cheering on this inhumane administration. This was posted in a FB group on out how to pay for college. www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/... My response was that there are more measles cases in TX than trans collegiate athletes and I was told I was misinformed.nbcphiladelphia.comWorld Athletics to require chromosome testing of women's track and field athletesThe planned changes include reinstating a version of chromosome testing that was discontinued in the 1990s. 110
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Abortion bans are deadly and make conditions much more dire for those who want to be pregnant and give birth. 010
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 25/03/2025WE TOLD YOU 18895265
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 20/03/2025This new EO will harm the most vulnerable. It will disproportionately affect students with disabilities or who come from lower income families and school districts. 000
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19/03/2025This is catastrophic on so many levels. Archived link: archive.ph/tmra3archive.ph 10273122
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Fellow GenX -ers. Check your vax status! I wanted my doc to check my tigers for MMR but they don’t do it bc insurance doesn’t cover it. She said I’m prob fine and got two. Went to look at my little booklet and I only got one! But check out all that polio protection!! Will be getting a booster asap! 193
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025This administration’s priorities are anti-humanity on multiple levels. patch.com/pennsylvania... 011
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Ken Paxton is using his office to escalate attacks on #abortion in Texas. There is already a painful lack of maternal health providers in some areas and this will only harm those seeking care. 👏👏👏 for midwives who provide a full range of care!! www.thecut.com/article/texa...thecut.comThe Chilling Arrest of a Midwife Under Texas’s Abortion BanIt appears to be the first time since the overturn of Roe that someone has been arrested for allegedly providing abortion care. 112
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 11/03/2025This is what this presidency has become. At best.media.tenor.comInflatable Tube Man Air Dancer GIFALT: Inflatable Tube Man Air Dancer GIF 030
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 10/03/2025“She’s in this orange prison outfit,” he said. “She just feels so isolated and desperate, you can imagine, she’s saying, ‘I want to come home’.” She is safe, he said, but living “in horrendous conditions” and had not had access to legal representation. Stop traveling to the U.S, It’s not safe.theguardian.comBritish tourist detained by US authorities for 10 days over visa issueBackpacker Rebecca Burke was handcuffed and taken to a detention facility in Washington state 12303146
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 10/03/2025This is horrific and awful and absolutely against what this country *should* stand for. We cannot go after people we disagree with like this. This is an abuse of power. 010
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Jk bc even if you don’t have kids you prob won’t make as much as a dude. Happy #InternationalWomensDay 1142
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Fellow #EDS -ers: what are your tricks/tips/suggestions for when it comes to slow healing cuts or skin blemishes? I have a tiny thing on my face that refuses to heal up. 000
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanPublic Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Food assistance $200 Medicaid $150 Social Security $800 Pentagon $850,000,000,000 Housing assistance $150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. our government is dying 8428113
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanRewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 06/03/20251/ Are you worried about maternal health? A second Trump term could worsen outcomes, @avitalnn.bsky.social writes. His first term saw a rise in maternal mortality, especially for Black women. rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/03/03/o...rewirenewsgroup.comOpinion: Trump’s Second Presidency Will Be Even Worse for Maternal HealthWhat maternal health could look like in the next four years, and how we can push back. 22816
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanDeborah Wage @wagedj.bsky.social · 03/03/2025The fact that, just 43 days into this administration, we are facing huge setbacks and the destruction of pathways for improving maternal health serves as yet another alarm bell for the country. #maternalhealth 021
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 04/03/2025New York confirms two cases of measles as Texas outbreak climbs over 140 (one child has died) I hate to say this, but we will continue to see more & more of this because people aren’t getting vaccinated. Anti-vaxx rhetoric has real world consequences. Wear a mask! Measles (like covid) is airbornenbcnewyork.comNYC reports two confirmed cases of measlesThe New York City Health Department has confirmed two cases of measles in the city so far this year. The cases are unrelated, according to health officials. “For each case, our agency conducts routine... 17443179
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Up at @rewirenewsgroup.com discussing why Trump’s 2nd term will be devastating for #maternalhealth and will set back any of the small gains we’ve seen. rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/03/03/o... This makes it really challenging to finish up the book on #birth @wagedj.bsky.social & I are writingrewirenewsgroup.comOpinion: Trump’s Second Presidency Will Be Even Worse for Maternal HealthWhat maternal health could look like in the next four years, and how we can push back. 154
Avital Norman Nathman @avitalnn.bsky.social · 28/02/2025More options: -Ms. Frizzle (those field trips alone are surely osha violations) -Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters -Springfield Elementary (SO much to say about Principal Skinner) -Sweet Valley High -Tree Hill High 010
Reposted by Avital Norman NathmanChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/02/2025“That included people like Andrew Hazelton, a physical scientist for the Weather Service and a veteran of NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters missions — which fly through the heart of storms to collect data and improve forecasts.” www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...washingtonpost.comTrump fires hundreds working on weather forecasts, satellite data and radar systemsThe terminations come days before a potential severe weather outbreak in the southeastern U.S. — and just months ahead of the next Atlantic hurricane season. 912556