In today’s episode, we will discuss the racial disparities is US healthcare and the continual marginalization and disenfranchisement of black women and their health. We will talk about the transgenerational effects of epigenetic of black women and how they affect their risks and childbirth outcomes. We will also look at the implicit biases of birth professionals and the effects they can have on black women’s childbirth outcomes.

In this episode, we explore:0:38 Black Maternal Health statistics4:34 Mitsuzi’s background5:58 Exploring the relationship between healthcare workers and doulas8:12 Birthing Noire childbirth education course, Mindfulness program & doula services11:04 Black maternal health and the black maternity mortality crisis in the United States14:04 The transgenerational effects of racism and the epigenetics of black women16:41 The effects of implicit biases of birth professionals on black women’s childbirth outcomes20:33 What can Black mothers do to advocate and protect themselves when giving birth23:07 What can we do to change the state of black maternal health and the staggering rates of mortality of black mothers in America as a society

About MitMitsuzi Stone is a labor and delivery nurse, birth doula and birth mindset coach. Her passion for birth and coaching expecting families comes from her background as a Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse with a love for education. She believes every family should have the birth experience they desire, and her goal is to get you to that place through mindfulness practice. She is here to serve your family with a heart of compassion and loving kindness.

Find Mithttps://www.birthingnoire.com/https://www.instagram.com/birthing_noire/

Show Notes:Resources* Black Women’s Blueprint https://www.blackwomensblueprint.org/* Black Women’s Health Imperative https://bwhi.org/* National Birth Equity Collaborative https://birthequity.org/* Black Mamas Matter https://blackmamasmatter.org/* Moms Rising https://www.momsrising.org/* The International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA) https://icea.org/* Pregnant Patient’s Bill of Rights https://www.ccbirthcenter.com/direct/files/First%20Trimester%20Education/Pregnant_Patient_Bill_of_Rights.pdf* Pregnant Patient’s Responsibilities https://www.tcfmedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/The_Pregnant_Patients_Responsibilities.pdf* Evidence-Based Birth Birth Justice Page https://evidencebasedbirth.com/birth-justice/

Articles* https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/america-is-failing-its-black-mothers/* https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/pregnancy-relatedmortality.htm* https://bwhi.org/2018/01/11/major-change-medicaid-threatens-healthcare-access-low-income-black-women/* https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/black-maternal-health-canada_ca_5ed90ae3c5b685164f2eab93* https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a33417738/black-maternal-mortality-interview-latham-thomas/


Books* Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty, Dorothy Roberts* Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present, Harriet A Washington* Black Milk: Maternal Bodies, Wet Nursing, and Black Women’s Invisible * Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and The Origins of American Gynecology, Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens * Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis, Julia Chinyere Oparah, and al.* Reproductive Justice: A New Vision for the 21st Century, Loretta Ross* Deadly Delivery: The Maternal Healthcare Crisis in the USA, Amnesty International (report) * The Politics of Trauma, Staci K. Haines

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