Birth To Thrive Online – Profile of New Mothers Changing

Go check out the latest blog post on the Birth To Thrive Online Blog:

The U.S. Mom Is Increasingly Older, Born in Another Country and Better Educated: What Does This Mean for Early Learning?

The Pew Research Center published their New Demography of Motherhood earlier this month. It states that births from foreign-born mothers are increasing and are up 60% from 1990. The Thrive blog calls out the Open Arms outreach doula program for Somali and Latina communities in White Center, one of the two Thrive by Five Washington Demonstration Communities, as an excellent example of outreach efforts to immigrant communities.

Also take a look at the MomsRising blog post that prompted Thrive’s post:

Who is Giving Birth in the US?

I will add the MomsRising blog to our blogroll.