MOMCares focuses on Black maternal health crisis in Baltimore
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OKAY, BABE, THE BABY BIRD LOOKING AT NINE YEAR OLD AIDAN AND LISTENING TO HIM READ LITTLE MOMENTS THAT ARE A BIG BLESSING FOR ANNA, RODNEY, HER LITTLE BOY, IS THRIVING TODAY, BUT HIS ENTRANCE INTO THIS WORLD WAS TRAUMATIC. LITTLE AIDAN SPENT SIX MONTHS IN THE NICU, AND ANNA SAYS SHE HAD THREE NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES WHILE TRYING TO BRING HIM INTO THIS WORLD. I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME AND IT ACTUALLY WASN’T UNTIL MY SISTER, WHO WAS PREGNANT AT THE SAME TIME AS ME, PASSED AWAY IN HER POSTPARTUM PERIOD WHEN I WAS JUST LIKE, SOMETHING IS WRONG. THIS CANNOT BE NORMAL. WHAT IS GOING ON? AND THAT’S WHEN I STARTED TO SEE THE NUMBERS AND THE STATISTICS AROUND WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND BIRTH. THE CDC REPORTS BLACK WOMEN ARE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE PREGNANCY RELATED DEATHS THAN WHITE WOMEN. REASONS RANGE FROM UNDERLYING CONDITIONS TO LACK OF ACCESS TO QUALITY CARE, TO RACISM AND IMPLICIT BIAS. RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF BLACK WOMEN, WHEN THEY FIND OUT THEY’RE PREGNANT, THEY DON’T FEEL JOY. THEY FEEL FEAR. THEY ARE MET WITH ALL OF THESE STATISTICS AND STORIES AND THAT WE...
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