Nina Jankowicz

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@mattstocum unreal. — PolitiTweet.org

Nina Jankowicz @wiczipedia

RT @cortney_dc: This cost for the first 2 months of this baby's life doesnt incl lost wages for an hourly worker pumping at work (easily 2-… — PolitiTweet.org

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@jenrweedon Ughhhh 😣 — PolitiTweet.org

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@jenrweedon Yep- I included it under postpartum care under PT- it’s so critical! — PolitiTweet.org

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@BetOnSports2Win Sure, let's get serious! I lived in Ukraine for over a year beginning in 2016, my heritage is part Ukrainian, and I speak the language. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ChristopherJM: 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Donbas. https://t.co/QzicS4PX9O — PolitiTweet.org

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@hearttechacsm 1. Most =/= all 2. The point of this thread is that if the US values birth so much, none of these costs should be something any new parent has to worry about. Even *with* insurance, there are serious outlays for low-income individuals (particularly wrt breastfeeding). — PolitiTweet.org

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@chemom yes! about to have my midmorning snack. — PolitiTweet.org

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For further reading on these issues, check out @lyzl’s Belabored (https://t.co/21lznaFbFW), and @jillfilipovic’s newsletter (https://t.co/NlZf5RVc4q). /end thread — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s been surreal becoming a mom in the current American reproductive rights climate. I recognize how privileged I am to have entered motherhood by choice, and to not have gone bankrupt doing so. Something’s gotta give, America. — PolitiTweet.org

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But it’s never been about the babies! It’s about controlling women and perpetuating race and class divides. And those divides continue past birth to parental leave, pumping rights, daycare, pre school, after school care, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

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Post Dobbs, as states force women to become mothers, we should have a guarantee of care and support from those same states who are taking away our bodily autonomy. After all, healthy moms mean healthy babies. — PolitiTweet.org

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As of 2020, 10.9% of American women were uninsured, with those rates higher among WOC, poor, and low-income women. https://t.co/L6YJrpDQtp — PolitiTweet.org

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I went through the trouble of adding all this up because while this country doesn’t seem to value the physical and emotional costs of becoming a mother, adding it up in dollars and cents might resonate with some. — PolitiTweet.org

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So bringing my baby into the world, feeding him, and recovering from birth over the past ~2 months would have cost $48,967.72 without insurance. — PolitiTweet.org

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And then there’s postpartum recovery. Another $5264 uninsured, for both doc’s visits and postpartum PT (which should be a part of regular birth recovery, but is still a rarity in the US!). https://t.co/JUNJ9q6oX7 — PolitiTweet.org

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I can totally understand why parents who can’t afford these out-of-pocket and societal costs give up nursing for formula. — PolitiTweet.org

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Nearly every other item on that list would have been a decision point at which I may have given up nursing if I hadn’t bought it. Without nipple cream, warming breast cushions, good nursing pads, etc., I may have decided it just wasn’t worth the discomfort, stress, and trouble. — PolitiTweet.org

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(Fun fact 4. Nine million nursing parents in America still don’t have protections to pump and store milk at work! ...and of course, none of us are guaranteed paid parental leave. https://t.co/eDRjXiVuWS) — PolitiTweet.org

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(Fun fact 3. If you need to be away from your baby for 3+ hours, you’re going to spend a bunch on travel pumping gear to keep up your milk supply. Only some of that gear is FSA eligible, with the same cost/benefit calculation as above.) — PolitiTweet.org

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(Fun fact 2. If you need to see a lactation consultant (for a problem with your baby’s latch, pain while feeding, etc.), and you don’t have insurance, those visits will run you ~$400 each.) — PolitiTweet.org

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(Fun fact about nursing! Under the ACA, insurance companies are required to provide you a standard pump; beyond that, you’re on your own. So, if, like me, you don’t want to be shackled to the wall via a plug, you pay an extra $100, at least.) — PolitiTweet.org

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I am nursing my baby. Breastfeeding is not free. I would have spent $1831.88 on breastfeeding supplies without insurance. (With insurance, I still spent nearly $1000, by far the biggest cost of my son’s life so far.) https://t.co/CFXk2fFFVM — PolitiTweet.org

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That’s not including the essentials needed to make postpartum recovery bearable, beyond what the hospital provides. Another $184.51 (some of which is FSA eligible, if you want to spend hours filing claims for a minimal return). https://t.co/n7c9aeHvwC — PolitiTweet.org

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That’s not including my prenatal care. Without insurance: $6780. https://t.co/OlkChFBAnz — PolitiTweet.org

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$32,627.33. That’s how much it would have cost me to have my baby—including my anesthesia, midwifery care, and hospital stay—without insurance. 🧵 thread 🧵 — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/SfYYzLIKLY — PolitiTweet.org

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@PatHolzer Hi Pat. What do you mean? What is untruthful about my tweet? How am I "literally ruining the country?" — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @saintjavelin: 💥 HUGE announcement. In our goal to build a Vatnik free Ukraine, Saint Javelins has joined forces with President Zelens… — PolitiTweet.org

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When women have the temerity to speak out—no matter our political stripes—we are called “mentally unstable,” “lying,” “girls,” and much worse. https://t.co/ELklOFK0ug — PolitiTweet.org