Supportive Stories

Supporting Mamas presents FROM THE ASHES, A short documentary Film by filmmaker, Theresa Fortune on November 6, 2021 6pm pacific time. The official virtual premiere of From the Ashes , a multidisciplinary narrative of a Black woman’s journey through postpartum depression and towards spiritual rebirth, will take place on Saturday November 6 at 6pm. Supporting Mamas is incredibly proud to co-host this free screening, which will feature a panel of mental health experts exploring the inequities...

By Josie Sargent, July 27, 2019 for ABC Life With a final grunting push, my baby arrives, crying and flailing, and is placed gently into my arms. I look down at my newborn, tears of joy streaming down my face as I am overcome with a love like no other. That is the scene I expected to unfold for me, as I waddled into the hospital, contractions underway. Instead, mine was a long labour, one that included lots of drugs pumped into my spine, vomiting, concerned mutterings about "fetal distress"...