collectors are counted and announced so i'm on her 3rd right didn't steal all these more words just to get more money it was true lemonade everything connected to a church courtroom today researchers are searching for the missing works of art. it's challenging for the experts. and painful for the descendants. to someone who could or should the 3rd rush starts for if you are intent on t w. e n your mommy was wonderful. don't mention me. she wishes she was here. photos are all that's a lay has left of her mother so long irving died 3 weeks after her daughter was

born i'm still a is being raised by her grandmother wanda so late doesn't know her father and can't remember her mother she's growing up in the shadow of grief stoli voidable if she had listened to it if they had just put her in the hospital for observation if nothing else but the blood pressure itself should have told them. she wants death is no exception. the united states has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world. where. little after giving birth which alone irving was in pain and her blood pressure repeatedly spiked she went to the doctor several times at the last visit a nurse practitioner center home with a prescription she was tired and she had been fighting these doctors for 2 weeks

trying to get someone to listen to her. and. she just you know gave up and. came home took the pill and with. i guess 45 minutes she collapsed. soon afterwards salon erving fell into a coma. 25 days after giving birth to the child she had longed for so long died. daughter will soon be 3 years old a nanny helps more irving take care of her lively granddaughter but want to has to deal with so lays many questions on her own. she knows that her mommy's in heaven i don't think she quite understands what that means but she knows she can't see her mommy she keeps asking me where is mommy why can't i see her and

i have to explain once again to her and it's like well i love mommy i miss my mommy you know ping me but we can't see mommy now even though mommy loves you very much and she wishes she was here. so lays mother might still be here playing with her daughter had her daughter's taken her concerns more seriously so mine was highly educated had a ph d. and worked for the public health service one does convinced that racism shares the blame for her daughter's death. because i think the doctors were white and a white woman would have reminded them of their own mother or sister or daughter and i think they would have reacted a lot differently. she had a military. with the honor guard. she long was an epidemiologist

a lieutenant commander in the us public health service commission corps was that. so long died in atlanta georgia here in the southern states maternal mortality rates are especially high and estimated $700.00 women die per year in the u.s. during pregnancy childbirth or the postpartum period higher rates than in any other developed country. many women live far from a hospital or cannot afford a hospital birth many decide to give birth at home calling on the help of freelance midwives such as corinne edwards. kareena is visiting clients in a poor suburb of atlanta many low income african-american women have no health

insurance the midwife knows which communities face the highest pregnancy complication risk. by someone zip code you can actually tell how likely they are to die 79 counties in georgia. or any provider that can. help birthing babies. career is birth preparation classes include conversations about how to cope with pain and fear karela does not hide the bad news black women in the united states are up to 4 times more likely than white women to die during pregnancy childbirth or shortly afterward this to to stick does little to ease the women's mistrust of doctors and hospitals. because they don't really they're not supporter of decisions that you have and i don't feel like they really care i feel like it's all about a check they rush to win and they rush to them so they've got to get it done they

might have a bunch lined up and that's just clocking hours so the do i think somebody who actually likes to sign someone who actually cares about how is their view of the mother actually addressing your real concerns in the concerns of your going to when you go all going to have to how you do it kareena shows this couple how to help their baby turn into the best position for birth a mexican midwife taught her the technique there are hardly any midwives of color latina black asian or native american in the u.s. 99 percent of all midwives in the country are white. corrina goes to visit a family whose home birth she assisted a few months ago. initial gadson is 21 for her a home birth was a way to avoid the risk of racial bias and condescending attitudes in the hospital . so i don't know if you can feel this but it's really good for you to

learn how to feel your ovaries. postpartum care is an important part of the work kareena has brought along her own teacher owns a llama of doula. at 76 she's believed to be america's oldest practicing midwife french baby aliyah watches attentively from her grandmother's lap both she and her young mother seem to be in good health after the home birth keep reading them but kareena and want to make sure that all is well in the us the most maternal deaths take place after the birth of the baby is kind of covered what's. she's born but nobody really pays a lot of attention to the mother and that's where we lose a lot of our mothers in the postpartum period. as father dave and was present at the birth and the entire family lent their support. 12 year old layla

captured the event on her cell phone camera. it's a moving video diary of the water birth and the family's home. 'd in the evening. hours there's a lack i got to enjoy it this time and that. it's an emotional reunion for everyone here. before the birth the young couple went through a difficult search for a gynecologist who would be attentive to their needs. they weren't sure if they would find a black midwife in time for the birth. we see. black women were just left behind the maid with free movement when it came to even

credentialing for home births and credentialing less than one percent of black women and women of color are practicing as midwives everywhere. owns salama and corinna are part of a group of activists in atlanta who are determined to bring an end to the latent racism that continues to haunt the country's health care system. coverage as license plate midwife is a proud statement of her profession the women see themselves as civil rights activists and kareena is an important voice in their circle. what can be done to combat the shockingly high maternal mortality rate and to bring justice to a racist health care system. the meeting today includes experience midwife such as kareena and on salama human rights activists feminists and some lawmakers so lays

grandmother wanda is also here they're discussing what can be done to create change in the country's profit oriented hospitals and health care system so that black women can receive professional and compassionate treatment. wanda is tired and doesn't say much today but along with kareena and the other women she is determined to do all she can to prevent more young mothers from suffering the same fate as her daughter. the host and the driving force at this meeting is monica simpson who has long been dedicated to reproductive justice for women of color. she knows that generations of racism and discrimination pose a health risk whenever you live in a country where you are constantly stereotyped or constantly profiled or constantly you know under attack in a myriad of ways that is inevitably going to have an impact on our body inevitably going to have an impact on our outcomes in our ability to be able to live healthy

lives and so i made some additional and i think at the end of a long day brings out a treasured object this patchwork quilt was made by the families of the pregnant women and mothers whose lives have been lost a moving reminder of the purpose of their work. so this is from 2016 to 2018. but really traditionally made with free you. seen life and then you seen my file so sorry i'm getting emotional it's been. but i have very personal level not just a number because i'm interacting with the family and having conversations. it is the very fabric of an american disgrace.

around 1000 kilometers northeast like the town of then caulked virginia. it has one bar a movie theater and a small modern hospital. the riverside shore memorial hospital also has a maternity unit. caruso blair works as a nurse and midwife here. she's also familiar with the poverty unemployment and prejudice that affects the lives of so many people in the area. where one article starts house. agrees that women of color in the u.s. are disadvantaged during pregnancy. it's not fair it's just not and we have to do better and you know black moms matter there it's. it hurts my heart that black women are treated differently they've done studies

that show black women after surgery you know is offered less pain medicine then a person of another ethnicity that's it's very disturbing. morrison has helped countless women give birth from migrant workers to women whose families have lived here for generations this. the only hospital for miles around what a loop they made is expecting her 4th child her due date is 2 weeks away but a blood test has shown signs of a possible liver disorder. marissa knows this can be dangerous to the baby as a precaution the doctor has recommended that the birth be induced all signs look good for a healthy birth. kind of a dream patient she is she's not obese she's had babysat for. and done really really well and i had any problems she's not had diabetes not hypertension and you know nothing so. you know for her i feel. pretty good.

to be a successful bashing over. the contractions are coming hard and fast what a look there has decided against pain relief her husband julio is by her side it's his 1st child. on the monitor the obstetrician sees that the baby's heartbeat is showing signs of distress. what elisa gets oxygen to help her gather strength for the final push. to rush from. 2 the big moment arrives while looping has given birth to a healthy baby boy welcome to the world lucas mateo.

the people of the region are fortunate to have a hospital like riverside sure the morial by. a lot of places or have decided you know what i don't think we need to close our doors to o.b. and we've seen what that does and communities out in the midwest in the south where more women are driving 4 hours to get to a hospital that has an o.b. service. many hospitals have closed in georgia to atlanta still has enough hospitals but increasing numbers of pregnant black women are opting for home births with a midwife in part because it's more affordable. a check of the baby's heart rate midwife saran henderson is pleased. for.

tiffany egan knows that she's in good hands she doesn't want her 2nd child to be born in a hospital. i've always heard horror stories about other women you know when they have their babies problems they have when they want to ask for it all and just having c. sections and i just think. maybe so i mean i want to take a more natural approach and just be. more comfortable to be able to be at home and . feel more relaxed that's how our experience was were really relaxed at home and it was for a really good ga doesn't make it easy for independent midwives state practice and licensing laws are restrictive and liability premiums are very high midwives who are not nurses affiliated with a hospital operate in a legal gray zone but are in high demand much think that people are choosing wives

also because they know that midwives invest more time and interest in the family and they do go back and check to post part of this you know every day or every other day for certain period time so they can check on the mother and make sure that the mother is not you know running into any postpartum complications home births are also associated with risks tiffany and her partner emanuel are looking forward to a home water birth accompanied by a midwife. the georgia state capitol building is an atlanta landmark lawmakers here have also begun to grapple with the state's shockingly high maternal mortality rate. at this public hearing the topic on the agenda is why georgia continues to lag behind much of the country when it comes to maternal health reproductive justice

activist monica simpson is here along with midwives salama and corona. a presentation documents the mortality statistics for the years 2012 to 2014. the statistics confirm that black women are almost 4 times more likely to die due to pregnancy than whites non hispanic women the lawmakers express concern. but outside the hall the activists feel frustrated and powerless even to have the meeting started when madam chairman was like oh we need more white doctors know we need more how loud it really feeds me i'm going to doctors to look after the other women of color because i know from my pregnancy that i'm saying a point of having a woman who looked like me and understood my experiences from. people who are angry and concerned and there have said that we continue to see this conversation saying at the surface and not really getting it to go to the root causes of what's

happening here again i think it's also that they're not listening to a black woman they're not trusting us and our expertise and what we have been able to gather in our fields of expertise around these issues i think it's just blatant . disrespect and just not being heard or trying to. monica and her fellow activists say politicians aren't stepping up to have a health crisis one how one woman one pregnant person that loses their lives in childbirth is one too many we heard that over and over from the chairperson of that committee yesterday however unfortunately it didn't matter how much money they made it did not matter what the economic status was what their education level was but unfortunately in this state far too often the way that black women in particular are treated once they go in to the places of care was absolutely so hard.

the debate continues late into the night. not far away a baby is being born. but the birth doesn't go quite as planned. little liam was in a hurry. tiffany is hopes for a calm supportive home water birth didn't materialize. liam was born without a midwife she couldn't make it to the home in time. she's like this little. girl and she like i think is has come out you know this accuser was here you know my place to talk about it's feel that i've been this way to this well ok maybe half the time and. she pushed. he comes out.

all right then i can we are called 0. 00000000 yeah you know you always sound like oh well all of over yet i know because it was a lot faster i'm actually very much you know it was yeah it was what i expected as far as like. the feeling you know. any discomfort or anything like that but it was good and i was really pleased because being a famous really fast ball to see how hard i also really. have the mom delivered by herself is not something that's intentional oh and you know we do like to be here at every birth but sometimes women do have what we do call a perceptual labor where the baby just might get here before we get. to.

see a midwife job is to attend to both mother and baby saran checks that liam is healthy and thriving but she'll also make sure they get a rest and recovery. make sure that her bleeding mr side into and that she's not cramping and that her uterus is getting smaller and making sure this seems happy to you know because postpartum depression can also be one of the sheep back just. turn on mortality so checking their psyche yes you know mom still is she's enjoying her baby the. the home birth didn't go as planned but it had a happy ending to a good. monaco. are meeting today to discuss their campaigning for. the reproductive rights activist and the midwives are still dismayed at how passive and plan let's go. maker seemed at the

recent hearing when we went to this now when turning one town the review board meeting here it wasn't even once mentioned all that they talked about was this the 2 sticks and how many women that they were able to eliminate. from. the cohort so that ga looks better that's what that was really hard for me teaching the childbirth class and had a happy mom say i'm here because i want to die they put up this new sign that life just suck my breath away it's like you know exactly you know newt new baby as early as 6 weeks and i was like what what wait a minute mom is a going back to work at 6 weeks. and less than that but i'm just like and we were wondering what's happening. only on salama is old enough to remember when times

were better when hospitals cared more about their patients than their profits. our health care system used to be a mound propositions them. and so there is no more around here and hospitals. are now only for profit so we have hospitals closing in rural areas closing name your areas. it was white monica corrina and decide to take their battle against maternal mortality beyond atlanta and georgia to the national level moving on tonight a minute or less. in the meantime national lawmakers have also become aware of the dismaying statistics a congressional committee has invited salacious grandmother to speak along with the experts and. one time has brought her anger and grief with her to washington.

she hopes to awaken the conscience of national lawmakers. united states is the most dangerous place in the developed world to deliver a baby. the mood in the hall is subdued as the chairwoman delivers her statement. wanda knows only too well how painful the death of a mother can be this is not a new phenomenon this is been going on for decades why can't we get it right there are things that can be done but are not being done i think she would probably say that behind every one of these 2 sticks there's a woman who's love to miss and look at the domino effect look at the families look at the children that are suffering because we can't get it right there are no words in the english language to adequately portray the pain i feel when soulé looks up

at me and ask where is my mommy no no why can't i see her or cry i want my mommy while clutching a picture of salon the last of my daughter has earned the right to demand the transformation of the health care system the reduction of preventable maternal death among black women is a national disgrace and has become an urgent national priority thank you. i want to have spoken powerful about her daughter's death and her family's grief and suffering but what impact will her words how. the audience is moved and they express their sympathy to the question why we can't in this nation protect but for wanda the congressional representatives appear detached and distant she fears that the loss of her daughter will not be the wake up call that is so badly needed in washington. i'm not only angry i'm appalled at the numbers that are rising on the

maternal mortality statistics because with $700.00 women dying every year 60 percent of those women did not have to die my daughter did not have to die these deaths are preventable and there is no reason why we should be worse than a 3rd world country. one to flies back home to atlanta to the only family she has left her granddaughters. we never give up that's our motto right. but. you sure you don't want to go on the big 1st minute. to mommy know me and my granny. all i wanted to do was be that indulgent grandma who could spoil her rotten and send her home to her mom that's all i wanted

to do and enjoy my retirement. i could go see her and write anything like. so if the lives i have to be on to be 247 then that's what it's going to. come back to me. that many things. happen. when you can be when you grow up going to the doctor so she's going to make sure that this never happens to anybody else as much as. that's what she's going to be beat. hello for. such.

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