After giving birth to three premature children, Theresa Pettaway turned her trauma into triumph for other moms in need.
LANSDOWNE, Pennsylvania -- Theresa Pettaway is a mom of three. But over the years, she has become a mother figure to countless women across the Delaware Valley.
What started as a simple doctor's visit to acquire birth control initiated the traumatic premature birth of her first child.Pettaway learned how to become a full-time mother and student at the same time. But she wasn't always given the proper instruction to do so. This inspired her later work to help connect mothers with appropriate resources.
"With my second daughter in the NICU, I started being the person that everybody came to," said Pettaway."So, I educated myself and started mentoring moms. That's where the Pettaway Pursuit Foundation was actually birthed out of." "Between the classes and education and even the lactation consultant, I mean, just being a first time mom and being older, it just really made such a big difference," said Amey Reid from Secane, Pennsylvania."If you don't really have the finances, just like myself, it's just like, oh, where am I going to get diapers this week?," said Teeka Phillips from Wilmington, Delaware."So, this has been a great relief to me and my family. And we appreciate this drive.
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