In this episode, we, Dr. Raina J. León and Dr. Norma D. Thomas, share our own birth and birthing stories. Do you know yours? If you have children, have you shared their beginnings? Who was there to welcome them into the world? How have you maintained relationships in community? In our cases, we were both impacted by medicalized racism and had severe health impacts as many black mothers do. Black mothers die 4 times as much as their white peers, and the fear of that can be seen within these birth stories. Perhaps in telling the story we can make health professionals more aware of the issues; perhaps the awareness and professionals interrogating their own biases might save lives.
Cover photo from Rohan DaCosta
Cover art from Dr. Raina J. León
Theme song, Funky Percussions, from AudioCoffee on Pixabay
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