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This Black Maternal Health Week, It’s Time to Listen to Black Women
As we kick off the start of Black Maternal Health Week, Black women in this country are still experiencing unacceptably poor maternal health outcomes and serious complications related to childbirth. Black women are still three to four times more likely to experience...
Nine nurses are pregnant at a Maine hospital. They all work in the baby-delivery unit. – Washinton Post
The secret number maternity hospitals don’t want you to know, and why we’re revealing it – USA Today
A Weak and Divisive President With an Agenda the Country Rejects
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Meghan Markle May Be Taking an Alternative Approach to Childbirth – Vogue
How Much Does It Actually Cost to Give Birth? – The Cut
They Were Covered by Health Insurance, but Their Newborn Son Wasn’t – Healthline
Bumped Out – Governing
How A Boy’s Delivery Tests A ‘Team Birth Project’ Aimed At Reducing C-Sections – WBUR
Another contributor, Carol Sakala, the project’s standard practices could rein in the hospitals that perform too many C-sections. But she worries about the focus on hospitals.
We’re Not Listening to Mothers: New California Survey Reveals a Disconnect Between the Care Women Seek and the Care They Get in Childbirth
74% of women say childbirth should not be interfered with unless medically necessary, yet only 5% gave birth without major intervention
How the slow sabotage of Obamacare may hurt America’s breastfeeding rate – Vox
The ACA did some very important things but I would say it’s only a piece of the broader constellation of measures that would improve women’s and infant’s health, said Carol Sakala, director of childbirth connection programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Black Women Face More Trauma During Childbirth – Huffington Post
In the third Listening to Mothers survey, compiled by the maternity care nonprofit Childbirth Connection, 10 percent of black moms said they were “often” or “always” treated poorly in the hospital due to their race or background, compared to just 3 percent of white moms and 7 percent of Latina mothers.
Here’s How Much the Royal Baby’s Birth Cost, Compared to the Average American’s – MONEY
“It’s mostly healthy moms and healthy babies, so these costs are pretty shocking from that point of view,” Carol Sakala, director of Childbirth Connection Programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families, told MONEY.
New Work Requirements Constitute an Attack on Medicaid – and on Women’s Health
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
National Prematurity Awareness Month: Dispelling Five Common Pregnancy Myths – The Katy News – The Katy News
National Partnership President Debra Ness and Dr. Salil Deshpande, Chief Medical Officer at UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Texas, discuss five common pregnancy myths that, when taken as fact, could affect new mothers’ health and their pregnancy, and even prevent babies from having the best possible start in life.
Find Out How Much It Costs to Give Birth in Every State – Money Magazine – TIME
While having a child is a momentous event for the parents, from a medical point of view it’s usually very routine, says Carol Sakala, director of Childbirth Connection Programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families. “It’s mostly healthy moms and healthy babies, so these costs are pretty shocking from that point of view,” Sakala says.
9 Million Reasons Congress Must Act Now to Save CHIP – MomsRising – MomsRising
More than nine million children and their families who rely on CHIP for affordable health care are now at risk of losing their coverage. That’s more than nine million reasons Congress must act now to fund the program and protect kids’ current and future health,” write National Partnership President Debra Ness and Senior Health Policy Analyst Stephanie Glover.
How I Healed From My Traumatic Birth – Mothering – Mothering
Childbirth Connection’s Listening to Mothers’ Survey II found that “9 percent [of mothers] met full criteria for PTSD following their births, and an additional 18 percent had PTSS.”
Do All Doctors Perform VBACs? Here’s What You Should Know – Romper – Romper
Currently, the United States has the lowest rate of VBAC of any industrialized country. In 2013 (the most recently updated year for stats), only 10 percent of all live births were VBACs, reported Childbirth Connection.
