https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/magazine/black-mothers-babies-death-maternal-mortality.html The answer to the disparity in death rates has everything to do with the lived experience of being a black woman in America. Black infants in America are now more than twice as likely to die as white infants — 11.3 per 1,000 black babies, compared with 4.9 per 1,000 white babies, according toContinue reading “Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis”
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Prodromal Labor 101: What It Is, What It’s Not and How to Cope
https://www.motherrisingbirth.com/2017/11/prodromal-labor-101.html Despite prodromal labor not being mentioned in the most common pregnancy books, you’ll still hear it frequently being discussed among friends, with care providers and in online communities. Because of this discrepancy, it makes sense that there is confusion and frustration surrounding the topic. In this post I hope to define prodromal labor, but moreContinue reading “Prodromal Labor 101: What It Is, What It’s Not and How to Cope”
The surprising factor behind a spike in C-sections
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/multimedia-article/csections-delivery-risk-podcast/ Cesarean delivery of a baby—or C-section—is the most commonly performed surgery in the world. Rising C-section rates are a problem all over the world—but it’s particularly notable in the United States. C-sections have skyrocketed in the U.S. since the mid-1970s. In just one generation, this country’s C-section rate has increased 500%. One inContinue reading “The surprising factor behind a spike in C-sections”
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