In our season finale, Dallas-based mother and doula, Trish, demonstrates what agency from day one looks like for Black birthing parents: Trish shares what inspired her to become a birthworker, as well as the story of her home birth experience, including the phenomenal care she received from her Black midwife and doula. And Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC), co-founder of the Black Maternal Health Caucus, tells us why care for Black birthing parents is personal for her and how she's fighting on Capitol Hill to improve policy and protections for them.
In this episode we mention: Homebirth midwives, Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC), The Black Maternal Health Caucus and Momnibus Act of 2020, Expectations placed on Black pregnant women at work, Where you can rewatch the NATAL Summit
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We head home for a final good-bye to hear how Anasia, Ciara, Erick, Shayla and more are building new legacies exactly where they are.
Featured guests: Crystal Starr Flowers, Katy Kozhamminil, PhD, DaLyah Jones and Tanya Smith-Johnson
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Alabama Birth Collective founding member, Nadia Gramby, on the sisterhood of birthwork.
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The parents adjust to life postpartum and the powerful transformations they've undergone.
Guest featured this episode: Crystal Starr Flowers
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The babies are coming.
For more on birth plans, listen to our NPR Life Kit episode.
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From the physical to the emotional, all four parents navigate the highs and lows of pregnancy – and for some, even during a pandemic.
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Alabama Birth Collective founder Jasmine Merritt on answering the call to serve.
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Ciara explores the multitude of care options after learning she's pregnant.
Guests featured this episode: Oriaku Njoku, Quita Tinsley Peterson, and Tanya Smith-Johnson
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Taking matters into her own hands, Anasia charts new pathways to parenthood uniquely her own.
Featured guest: Dr. Tonya Hawkins Hunter
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Fannie Lou Hamer, Southern freedom fighter and one of the oldest Black-founded towns in the country spark The Browns' most transformational decision yet.
Featured guests: Katy Kozhamminil, PhD and Arrianna Planey, PhD.
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The moments that (re)introduced Shayla, Erick and Anasia to their bodies.
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