Step Up For Moms: Wellness Challenge

Our 2nd Annual Step Up For Moms: Wellness Challenge is a 2 week family-friendly virtual event, uniting our community, raising funds and awareness for our mission. Registration will begin September 1st, and the event will take place September 16th-30th. You can...

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AFE Foundation Awarded New Funding

For immediate release  July 18, 2022 – Carlsbad, CA – The Amniotic Fluid Embolism Foundation is grateful to receive grant funding from The Mulchand and Parpati Thadhani Foundation to expand clinician education, develop a State Liaison program, and build capacity...

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Step Up For Moms: 40,000 Step Challenge 

Our inaugural Step Up For Moms: 40,000 Step Challenge is a 6 week family-friendly virtual event, uniting our community and raising funds for our mission. Walk or run a total of 40,000 dedicated steps (approximately 20 miles) between AFE Awareness Day and Mother's...

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Inspirational Coloring Pages

Commissioned for the AFE Foundation by artist Liana Albers, these custom coloring pages are meant to inspire and nurture a creative outlet. Coloring and art therapy have been associated with decreasing symptoms brought on by physical and emotional stress...

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Our Commitment to Equity

The AFE Foundation joins in solidarity with people of color, individuals, and organizations working to eradicate racism and implicit bias in maternal health. We recognize and acknowledge that change is necessary to reduce racial bias in maternal health and will act...

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Emily’s Blood Drive

AFE survivor, grateful blood donor recipient and nurse shares her story and how she planned a replenishment blood drive for her son's first birthday. Like most of you reading this, when you live through a near death experience, you have a new perspective on life....

Show your #endAFE Support!

We have partnered with Sauce, a video crowdsourcing platform, to be able to upload all of your AFE awareness videos and photos into one place! This will allow us to stitch together your videos and show just how incredible our community of support really is!...

Historic Bill Passes to Mandate AFE Education

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 18, 2018 Historic Bill Passes to Mandate AFE Education HARTFORD, Connecticut - The Connecticut Legislature, in a bipartisan manner, passed a historic bill which mandates the Connecticut Department of Public Health, in consultation with...

The family behind AFE Awareness Day

Why is March 27th AFE Awareness Day? This is the touching story of how one family’s life was forever changed by AFE and how their one simple action inspired a movement. On March 27, 2017 we received a call from a gentleman who was curious about our organization and...

Help us #endAFE!

The AFE Foundation is funded by donations. Every dollar goes toward our support, research, and education programs. We are committed to turning donations into action, including yours.