Maternity Care


My Black Motherhood
Jessica Valenti
As indicated by the increase in maternal mortality in 2010, right now it's more dangerous to give birth in California than in Kuwait or Bosnia. Amnesty International reports that women in [the United States] have a higher risk of dying due to pregnancy complications than women in forty-nine other countries (black women are almost four times as likely to die as white women). The United States spends more than any other country on maternal health care, yet our risk of dying or coming close to deat ...more
Jessica Valenti, Why Have Kids?: A New Mom Explores the Truth About Parenting and Happiness

Ina May Gaskin
Many of our problems in US maternity care stem from the fact that we leave no room for recognizing when nature is smarter than we are.
Ina May Gaskin, Birth Matters: A Midwife's Manifesta

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