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Maternal and Child Health

We Can’t Talk About Maternal Health Without Talking About Periods

Black Maternal Health Week | Scrub Life Cares Each year during Black Maternal Health Week, we revisit the same urgent and very  necessary conversation: why …

Education & Empowerment

The History of Doulas: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Birth has always belonged to women. Before hospitals, charts, visitation policies, and certification boards, birth had a special way of bringing women together in solidarity and support.

Education & Empowerment

Understanding Ovulation Pain: What Every Girl and Woman Should Know

Did you think menstrual discomfort only occurs during the bleeding phase? For some, this is true. For others, it can be another added layer of …

Education & Empowerment

Reclaiming Breastfeeding: Empowering Black and Brown Girls Early

At Scrub Life Cares, our mission is rooted in health equity, cultural pride, and generational healing. As we honor World Breastfeeding Week, we’re lifting up …

Education & Empowerment

Raising Body Literate Children: How I’m Teaching My Children About Their Bodies Without Shame

I remember being in fourth grade, maybe 10 years old, sitting in a dimly lit classroom while one of our teachers fumbled through a video …

Menstrual Health

Endometriosis 101: What’s Normal, What’s Not, and How to Speak Up

You’ve probably heard that periods are supposed to hurt; the pain is normal because someone might have told you it is. Maybe someone told you …