Karen Gibbins
@donoharm-mfm.bsky.social
Maternal-fetal medicine physician, working to decrease preventable stillbirth and improve bereavement care. Reproductive justice.
Every shooting is horrifying. This one happened three blocks from where we used to live. Knowing the injured are fighting to survive in a hospital where we trained also hits hard. Hearing these college kids who were survivors of high school shootings breaks my heart. Again.
December 14, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Every shooting is horrifying. This one happened three blocks from where we used to live. Knowing the injured are fighting to survive in a hospital where we trained also hits hard. Hearing these college kids who were survivors of high school shootings breaks my heart. Again.
Big for the postpartum patient with chorio!
Practice changing plenary #ASH25‼️
Iron is hypothesized to feed infxn & IV iron often avoided in that setting.
>85k people hospitalized w/5 most common bacterial infxns, compared those who recvd IV iron to those who did not.
🩸greater hemoglobin increase
🩸lower mortality at 14 & 90 days
Iron is hypothesized to feed infxn & IV iron often avoided in that setting.
>85k people hospitalized w/5 most common bacterial infxns, compared those who recvd IV iron to those who did not.
🩸greater hemoglobin increase
🩸lower mortality at 14 & 90 days
December 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Big for the postpartum patient with chorio!
Recommending termination is absolutely standard of care in this situation. A tragedy.
NEW: ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Recommending termination is absolutely standard of care in this situation. A tragedy.
They aren’t on Bluesky (ahem…), but if you’re an OB/GYN, check out Roon Doctors. Full disclosure, I’m a founding physician (thought leader? I don’t know…). It’s a place for clinicians to talk about complex questions and get multiple perspectives quickly.
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
They aren’t on Bluesky (ahem…), but if you’re an OB/GYN, check out Roon Doctors. Full disclosure, I’m a founding physician (thought leader? I don’t know…). It’s a place for clinicians to talk about complex questions and get multiple perspectives quickly.
This Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness/Remembrance Day, I’m feeling deeply grateful to the participants in my currently recruiting study to reduce preventable stillbirth. They gain nothing beyond an extra ultrasound photo or two, and the impact will be so meaningful.
October 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness/Remembrance Day, I’m feeling deeply grateful to the participants in my currently recruiting study to reduce preventable stillbirth. They gain nothing beyond an extra ultrasound photo or two, and the impact will be so meaningful.
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‘The closest I came to making life was the closest I came to death’: Florence Welch on sexism, screaming and the lost pregnancy that nearly killed her
Welch’s description of her experience of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy is vivid, visceral, and heartbreaking.
Welch’s description of her experience of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy is vivid, visceral, and heartbreaking.
‘The closest I came to making life was the closest I came to death’: Florence Welch on sexism, screaming and the lost pregnancy that nearly killed her
The Florence + the Machine singer talks about life after devastating loss, performing with Taylor Swift and the double standards for women in music
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
‘The closest I came to making life was the closest I came to death’: Florence Welch on sexism, screaming and the lost pregnancy that nearly killed her
Welch’s description of her experience of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy is vivid, visceral, and heartbreaking.
Welch’s description of her experience of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy is vivid, visceral, and heartbreaking.
My current favorite person is the pregnant patient on rounds today who adamantly announced that she definitely still wants Tylenol and does not want to “tough it out.”
September 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
My current favorite person is the pregnant patient on rounds today who adamantly announced that she definitely still wants Tylenol and does not want to “tough it out.”
I had a big academic success yesterday. On its own, it is terribly exciting. What has made it so much more is the celebration I’m getting from friends and colleagues. I’m so grateful for this community. Also? We ARE going to prevent preventable stillbirths.
July 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I had a big academic success yesterday. On its own, it is terribly exciting. What has made it so much more is the celebration I’m getting from friends and colleagues. I’m so grateful for this community. Also? We ARE going to prevent preventable stillbirths.
On Mother’s Day, I think of my village of mothers and parents who help me through the tough times and celebrate the wins. And I think of my patients who have been through so much in their journey to parenthood. Especially those who find today bittersweet or just painful.
May 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
On Mother’s Day, I think of my village of mothers and parents who help me through the tough times and celebrate the wins. And I think of my patients who have been through so much in their journey to parenthood. Especially those who find today bittersweet or just painful.
This mirrors data presented at SMFM this year. And highlights how important it was when leadership in Dallas committed to minimizing harm.
Under Texas’ abortion ban, the rate of sepsis shot up by more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost a second-trimester pregnancy.
Our new analysis shows the risk varies widely between the state’s two largest metro areas.
By Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and @andreasuozzo.com
Our new analysis shows the risk varies widely between the state’s two largest metro areas.
By Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and @andreasuozzo.com
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their…
www.propublica.org
May 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This mirrors data presented at SMFM this year. And highlights how important it was when leadership in Dallas committed to minimizing harm.
This little guy is getting his tail amputated today to resect a sarcoma. He’s the absolute best, an all attention is good attention cat who adores our kids. Setting the intention that it goes as well as it is supposed to.
April 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This little guy is getting his tail amputated today to resect a sarcoma. He’s the absolute best, an all attention is good attention cat who adores our kids. Setting the intention that it goes as well as it is supposed to.
All the more reason to get the TDaP vaccine every pregnancy! Protects newborns when they are too young to complete their own whooping cough series.
Whooping cough (pertussis) cases have skyrocketed by more than 1,500% nationwide since 2021.
Deaths tied to the disease are also up — hitting 10 last year, compared with about two to four in previous years — and cases are on track to exceed that total in 2025.
👉 Read more: propub.li/3XZxXVn
Deaths tied to the disease are also up — hitting 10 last year, compared with about two to four in previous years — and cases are on track to exceed that total in 2025.
👉 Read more: propub.li/3XZxXVn
April 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
All the more reason to get the TDaP vaccine every pregnancy! Protects newborns when they are too young to complete their own whooping cough series.
This plus the gutting of the NIH/NICHD is heartbreaking.
Everyone who works for PRAMS (the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) at CDC was terminated today. That appears to be the end of a critical program which monitored infant and maternal health nationwide across pregnancy, childbirth & postpartum. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/prams...
PRAMS Shuttered for Good
In the first weeks of the administration I wrote a number of...
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April 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This plus the gutting of the NIH/NICHD is heartbreaking.
Sitting on a study section is strange now. Still an honor. But feels a bit futile. Hope my pessimism is unfounded.
March 29, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Sitting on a study section is strange now. Still an honor. But feels a bit futile. Hope my pessimism is unfounded.
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“Before a Breath,” our documentary on America’s stillbirth crisis, is available to stream now.
Join director @nadiasussman.bsky.social and reporter/producer @deldeib.bsky.social in the live chat of our YouTube premiere:
Join director @nadiasussman.bsky.social and reporter/producer @deldeib.bsky.social in the live chat of our YouTube premiere:
Before a Breath: America’s Stillbirth Crisis | FULL DOCUMENTARY
“Before a Breath” follows three mothers who have lost children to stillbirth and are striving to make pregnancy safer. Every year, more than 20,000 pregnanci...
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March 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“Before a Breath,” our documentary on America’s stillbirth crisis, is available to stream now.
Join director @nadiasussman.bsky.social and reporter/producer @deldeib.bsky.social in the live chat of our YouTube premiere:
Join director @nadiasussman.bsky.social and reporter/producer @deldeib.bsky.social in the live chat of our YouTube premiere:
100%. Money/funding is such a key determinant of nutrition, physical activity, and health.
We should take steps to help American nutrition improve, which is why I support a living minimum wage, SNAP, well-funded school lunch programs, an end to food deserts, and serious antitrust actions against huge agriculture ologopolies.
March 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
100%. Money/funding is such a key determinant of nutrition, physical activity, and health.
We discuss the risks of travel to abortion restrictive states with our pregnant patients. Unfortunately, unexpected complications can happen to anyone and we want to prevent sepsis and hemorrhage.
People experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…
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February 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We discuss the risks of travel to abortion restrictive states with our pregnant patients. Unfortunately, unexpected complications can happen to anyone and we want to prevent sepsis and hemorrhage.
Reposted by Karen Gibbins
Are you a MD resident? Reach out to your local state senator and urge them to support SB 414, the *one time $1,000 income tax credit for a parent of a stillborn child* mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/L...
Legislation - SB0414
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February 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Are you a MD resident? Reach out to your local state senator and urge them to support SB 414, the *one time $1,000 income tax credit for a parent of a stillborn child* mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/L...
I’ve been lucky enough to see an advanced copy of this documentary after providing fact checking. It’s fantastic. Strong recommend for all birth workers and, really, for everyone. Shine a light on #stillbirth.
📽️ WATCH: This #MaternalHealthAwarenessDay, we’re dropping the trailer for “Before a Breath,” a documentary that weaves together the stories of three mothers who experienced the life-changing loss of a stillbirth and are now striving to make pregnancy safer for other families.
Before a Breath ꘡ Stillbirth Documentary ꘡ TRAILER
This #MaternalHealthAwarenessDay, we’re dropping the trailer for “Before a Breath,” a documentary that weaves together the stories of Debbie, Kanika and Step...
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January 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I’ve been lucky enough to see an advanced copy of this documentary after providing fact checking. It’s fantastic. Strong recommend for all birth workers and, really, for everyone. Shine a light on #stillbirth.
@propublica.org has always been a beacon of news related to my field; their series on maternal mortality and stillbirth changed the game. Today it is clear that they are standouts in not complying in advance as the federal govt erodes free speech.
January 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
@propublica.org has always been a beacon of news related to my field; their series on maternal mortality and stillbirth changed the game. Today it is clear that they are standouts in not complying in advance as the federal govt erodes free speech.
New Year’s resolution is to eat more fermented foods. About to get real friendly with one particular farmer’s market stand and their dill pickle garlic sauerkraut!
January 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
New Year’s resolution is to eat more fermented foods. About to get real friendly with one particular farmer’s market stand and their dill pickle garlic sauerkraut!
Begging @booker.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov , and @schumer.senate.gov to bring the #ShineforAutumnAct to a vote!! Stillbirth is too common and wildly underfunded. Please help us.
December 16, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Begging @booker.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov , and @schumer.senate.gov to bring the #ShineforAutumnAct to a vote!! Stillbirth is too common and wildly underfunded. Please help us.
Ok, I know people have been calling Taylor’s bows “Truman show bows”, but they are also maybe katniss Everdeen bows?
December 12, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Ok, I know people have been calling Taylor’s bows “Truman show bows”, but they are also maybe katniss Everdeen bows?
Was I fortunate enough to attend Vancouver N1? Yes. Did my husband just catch me crying to the piano surprise songs on the livestream? Absolutely. 😭
December 9, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Was I fortunate enough to attend Vancouver N1? Yes. Did my husband just catch me crying to the piano surprise songs on the livestream? Absolutely. 😭
A leaf gift from the child whose birth I attended almost two years ago. An excellent end to morning clinic.
November 22, 2024 at 8:22 PM
A leaf gift from the child whose birth I attended almost two years ago. An excellent end to morning clinic.