*Content warning: birth trauma, medical trauma, medical neglect, racism, death of an infant, infant loss, death, maternal loss, mature and stressful themes.*Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: <a href="http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">somethingwaswrong.com/resources</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Center for Black Maternal Health & Reproductive Justice:<a href="https://blackmaternalhealth.tufts.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://blackmaternalhealth.tufts.edu/</a>Center for Black Maternal Health & Reproductive Justice Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/cbmhrj_tufts/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/cbmhrj_tufts/</a>Center for Black Maternal Health & Reproductive Justice Facebook:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/CBMHRJTufts/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/CBMHRJTufts/</a>Center for Black Maternal Health & Reproductive Justice 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target="_blank">https://midwife.org/</a>&nbsp;American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)<a href="https://www.acog.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.acog.org/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Birth Centers in Massachusetts<a href="https://baystatebirth.org/birth-centers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://baystatebirth.org/birth-centers</a>&nbsp;A Brief History of Midwifery in America<a href="https://www.ohsu.edu/womens-health/brief-history-midwifery-america" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ohsu.edu/womens-health/brief-history-midwifery-america</a>&nbsp;Clinical outcomes improve when patient’s and surgeon’s ethnicity match, study shows<a href="https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/clinical-outcomes-patients-surgeons-concordance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/clinical-outcomes-patients-surgeons-concordance</a>The Controversial Birth of American Gynecology<a href="https://researchblog.duke.edu/2023/10/27/the-controversial-birth-of-american-gynecology/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://researchblog.duke.edu/2023/10/27/the-controversial-birth-of-american-gynecology/</a>&nbsp;'Father Of Gynecology,' Who Experimented On Slaves, No Longer On Pedestal In NYC<a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/17/603163394/-father-of-gynecology-who-experimented-on-slaves-no-longer-on-pedestal-in-nyc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/17/603163394/-father-of-gynecology-who-experimented-on-slaves-no-longer-on-pedestal-in-nyc</a>&nbsp;Governor Healey Signs Maternal Health Bill, Expanding Access to Midwifery, Birth Centers and Doulas in Massachusetts<a href="https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-healey-signs-maternal-health-bill-expanding-access-to-midwifery-birth-centers-and-doulas-in-massachusetts#:~:text=Governor%20Healey%20Signs%20Maternal%20Health%20Bill%2C%20Expanding,Executive%20Office%20of%20Health%20and%20Human%20Services" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-healey-signs-maternal-health-bill-expanding-access-to-midwifery-birth-centers-and-doulas-in-massachusetts#:~:text=GovernorHealeySignsMaternalHealthBillCExpanding,ExecutiveOfficeofHealthandHumanServices</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Governor Murphy Signs Bill Establishing Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Center<a href="https://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/562023/approved/20230717a.shtml" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/562023/approved/20230717a.shtml</a>&nbsp;Helping Mothers and Children Thrive: Rethinking CMS’s Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model<a href="https://www.milbank.org/quarterly/opinions/helping-mothers-and-children-thrive-rethinking-cmss-transforming-maternal-health-tmah-model/#:~:text=The%20Transforming%20Maternal%20Health%20(TMaH)%20Model&text=The%20TMaH%20Model%20focuses%20on,midwifery%20services%20and%20doula%20care" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.milbank.org/quarterly/opinions/helping-mothers-and-children-thrive-rethinking-cmss-transforming-maternal-health-tmah-model/#:~:text=TheTransformingMaternalHealth(TMaH)Model&text=TheTMaHModelfocuseson,midwiferyservicesanddoulacare</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Historical Significance of Doulas and Midwives<a href="https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/historical-significance-doulas-and-midwives" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/historical-significance-doulas-and-midwives</a>Infant Health and Mortality and Black/African American<a href="https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/infant-health-and-mortality-and-blackafrican-americans#:~:text=In%202022%2C%20the%20infant%20mortality,Figure%202" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/infant-health-and-mortality-and-blackafrican-americans#:~:text=In2022%2Ctheinfantmortality,Figure2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Legislature Passes Comprehensive Maternal Health Bill<a href="https://malegislature.gov/PressRoom/Detail?pressReleaseId=136" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://malegislature.gov/PressRoom/Detail?pressReleaseId=136</a>Life Story: Anarcha, Betsy, and Lucy<a href="https://wams.nyhistory.org/a-nation-divided/antebellum/anarcha-betsy-lucy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wams.nyhistory.org/a-nation-divided/antebellum/anarcha-betsy-lucy/</a>Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Emergency Need for Updated Approach Due to Specific Circumstances, Resources, and Availabilities<a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11643001/#:~:text=Etiology%20and%20Risk%20Factors%20of,insufficient%20treatment%E2%80%9D%20%5B50%5D" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11643001/#:~:text=EtiologyandRiskFactorsof,insufficienttreatment%E2%80%9D%5B50%5D</a>&nbsp;March of Dimes<a href="https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/about-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/about-us</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Maternity Care Desert<a href="https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/data?top=23" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/data?top=23</a>&nbsp;Maternal deaths and mortality rates by state, 2018-2022<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/maternal-mortality/mmr-2018-2022-state-data.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/maternal-mortality/mmr-2018-2022-state-data.pdf</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Maternal Mortality in the United States After Abortion Bans<a href="https://thegepi.org/maternal-mortality-abortion-bans/#:~:text=In%202023%2C%20Texas's%20maternal%20mortality,suffer%20maternal%20death%20in%202023" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thegepi.org/maternal-mortality-abortion-bans/#:~:text=In2023%2CTexas'smaternalmortality,suffermaternaldeathin2023</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Maternal Mortality in the U.S Declined, though Disparities in the Black Population Persist<a href="https://policycentermmh.org/maternal-mortality-in-the-u-s-a-declining-trend-with-persistent-racial-disparities-in-the-black-population/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://policycentermmh.org/maternal-mortality-in-the-u-s-a-declining-trend-with-persistent-racial-disparities-in-the-black-population/</a>Maternal Mortality Is on the Rise: 8 Things To Know<a href="https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/maternal-mortality-on-the-rise" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/maternal-mortality-on-the-rise</a>&nbsp;Maternal Mortality: How the U.S. Compares to Other Rich Countries<a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2024-06-04/how-the-u-s-compares-to-other-rich-countries-in-maternal-mortality" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2024-06-04/how-the-u-s-compares-to-other-rich-countries-in-maternal-mortality</a>Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2021<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2021/maternal-mortality-rates-2021.htm#:~:text=In%202021%2C%201%2C205%20women%20died,20.1%20in%202019%20(Table)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2021/maternal-mortality-rates-2021.htm#:~:text=In2021%2C1%2C205womendied,20.1in2019(Table)</a>&nbsp;Medical Exploitation of Black Women<a href="https://eji.org/news/history-racial-injustice-medical-exploitation-of-black-women/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://eji.org/news/history-racial-injustice-medical-exploitation-of-black-women/</a>National Midwifery Institute<a href="https://www.nationalmidwiferyinstitute.com/midwifery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nationalmidwiferyinstitute.com/midwifery</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;National Counsel of State Boards of Nursing<a href="https://www.ncsbn.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ncsbn.org/</a>North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)<a href="https://narm.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://narm.org/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Outcome of subsequent pregnancies in women with complete uterine rupture: A population-based case–control study<a href="https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/aogs.14338#:~:text=outcomes%20are%20rare.-,1%20INTRODUCTION,experience%20a%20complete%20uterine%20rupture.&text=Complete%20uterine%20rupture%20is%20defined,complete%20rupture%20of%20the%20myometrium" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/aogs.14338#:~:text=outcomesarerare.-,1INTRODUCTION,experienceacompleteuterinerupture.&text=Completeuterineruptureisdefined,completeruptureofthemyometrium</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Pregnancy-Related Deaths: Data From Maternal Mortality Review Committees in 36 U.S. States, 2017–2019<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/maternal-mortality/php/data-research/mmrc-2017-2019.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cdc.gov/maternal-mortality/php/data-research/mmrc-2017-2019.html</a>&nbsp;Preterm Birth<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/maternal-infant-health/preterm-birth/index.html#:~:text=Preterm%20birth%20rates&text=In%202022%2C%20preterm%20birth%20among,or%20Hispanic%20women%20(10.1%25)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cdc.gov/maternal-infant-health/preterm-birth/index.html#:~:text=Pretermbirthrates&text=In2022%2Cpretermbirthamong,orHispanicwomen(10.1%25)</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health: Current Status and Efforts to Address Them<a href="https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/racial-disparities-in-maternal-and-infant-health-current-status-and-efforts-to-address-them/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/racial-disparities-in-maternal-and-infant-health-current-status-and-efforts-to-address-them/</a>The Racist History of Abortion and Midwifery Bans<a href="https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/the-racist-history-of-abortion-and-midwifery-bans" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/the-racist-history-of-abortion-and-midwifery-bans</a>&nbsp;Reducing Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality<a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5915910/#:~:text=Severe%20morbidity%20poses%20an%20enormous,of%20severe%20maternal%20morbidity%20events" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5915910/#:~:text=Severemorbidityposesanenormous,ofseverematernalmorbidityevents</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;State investigating Dallas birth center and midwives, following multiple complaints from patients<a href="https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/investigates/state-investigating-dallas-birth-center-midwives-following-multiple-complaints-from-patients/287-ea77eb18-c637-44d4-aaa2-fe8fd7a2fcef" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/investigates/state-investigating-dallas-birth-center-midwives-following-multiple-complaints-from-patients/287-ea77eb18-c637-44d4-aaa2-fe8fd7a2fcef</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The State of Telehealth Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic<a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9035352/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9035352/</a>&nbsp;Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)<a href="https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;U.S. maternal death rate increasing at an alarming rate<a href="https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024/03/u-s-maternal-death-rate-increasing-at-an-alarming-rate/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024/03/u-s-maternal-death-rate-increasing-at-an-alarming-rate/</a>Which states have the highest maternal mortality rates?<a href="https://usafacts.org/articles/which-states-have-the-highest-maternal-mortality-rates/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://usafacts.org/articles/which-states-have-the-highest-maternal-mortality-rates/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Why Equitable Access to Vaginal Birth Requires Abolition of Race-Based Medicine<a href="https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/why-equitable-access-vaginal-birth-requires-abolition-race-based-medicine/2022-03" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/why-equitable-access-vaginal-birth-requires-abolition-race-based-medicine/2022-03</a>&nbsp;Zucker School of Medicine, Amos Grunebaum, MD<a href="https://faculty.medicine.hofstra.edu/13732-amos-grunebaum/publications" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://faculty.medicine.hofstra.edu/13732-amos-grunebaum/publications</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;*SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork:&nbsp;Thank you so much to Emily Wolfe for covering Glad 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