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Timed birth (planned birth) strategies such as scheduled labor inductions or Cesarean deliveries (C-sections) may lower the risk of at-term preeclampsia.

Provide better care postpartum and listening to women after the birth, and also better care after c-sections, and when you are looking at the screen, you will see in 2021, that is the most recent data available, and more than 1,000 women died due to maternal causes which is up from 861 deaths in 2020, and the maternal mortality rate is higher among black women to white women, and black women are three times as likely to die due to maternal causes, and these numbers are showing the situation in t...

Likely to be recommended to have c-sections, have their pain minimized or ignored, report mistreatment and have snow births than white women. and like certified midwives to deliver babies, doulas help imams develop birth plans and offer guidance on their pain and complications ahead of delivery, and they help clients navigate those complicated systems, so before they get to the hospital, they already have a plan, an expectation that their plan will be followed, so for a mom that may be experienc...

Of having that kind of support in these moments of awareness, especially for black women. >> i think its an imperative. i think you shared the data from the cdc about black women being three times as likely to die from maternal causes, and dr. goodall mentioned that many of the causes of preventable. black women are also more likely to be recommended to have c-sections, have their pain minimized or ignored, report mistreatment and have still births than white women. so unlike certified midwives ...

>> thank you. so, i am no longer going to say, i woke up like this. ill say, i gave birth like this. >> how did she -- she was in labor during that campaign ad. and she made it look easier than i remembered being. >> oh, i had c-sections. i had epidural. but when i look at these issues i say, it got your attention. and then it was, look, i was seven months pregnant she said when roe v. wade was overturned. were talking about a lot of people making decisions to run for office. very close in time....

Have -- we should be very careful about how we go about c-sections. and in the case of shamani gibson we believe black women when we tell them, im in pain, somethings not right after a c-section. another person that you highlight in this documentary is felicia ellis, a respect -- expecting mother in tulsa whos trying to decide between a hospital and a birthing center. and she delivers this poignant line. a black woman to having a baby is like a black man at a traffic stop with the police. what e...

Much for having me. so shamani gibson deliver her baby by c section which is major surgery, explain to us the financial implications of alarming a c-section instead of a vaginal delivery. >> well, i would say overall to the issues that we kind of have gone into this technological birthing in this country. so there are instinct to get constructions going, to move the birth along quickly. i mean, natural birth takes time. and all of that time doesnt add up to dollars. but you hurry this thing up a...

A high body mass index shouldn’t be the sole determinant of risk for pregnancies, says Sara Lindberg.

For the mothers paying out of pocket, that was 18,000, thats almost $3,000 to be pregnant and have a baby. thats a lot. for women having c-sections, that was 77% higher than women who tnt. >> it is a lot of money to go through that. now to another major issue in this country, and that is fentanyl overdoses. >> these overdose deaths are still so high and heart breaking. lets take a look at the new numbers from the cdc. when you look at february 2021 to february 2022, 109,000 deaths from drug over...

I really dont know. but the effect its having is just -- you know its affecting the babies. mom should not have to worry about this. they have a lot on their plate. you know going through labor and delivery and a lot of moms have c-sections, complications with their birth and this is the last thing that we need to -- that they need to have to worry about. they are exhausted and recovering from surgery. the last thing we need to worry about is where can i buy my baby i cannot formula? >> terrific...