Published Thursday, January 14, 2021 6:33AM EST (CNN) When pharmacist Ifeoma Onwuka, known to her friends as Laura, went into hospital to have her daughter, she and her husband hoped the delivery would go smoothly, and that they would soon be able to take their new arrival home to meet her siblings. Onwuka s labor was induced at James Paget University Hospital in Great Yarmouth in the UK, about 140 miles northeast of London, in late April 2018. Things progressed quickly and there were soon signs that her baby was in distress, causing staff to begin preparations for an emergency Caesarian section, but Onwuka s daughter was born in the recovery room.
How to support Black mothers
Dope Black Mums and The Motherhood Group tell us how we can better support the mothers in our community
THIS YEAR, the internet discussed Black motherhood like never before, in light of controversial court cases.
While I’m not a mother myself, it made me think about the ways we often expect Black mothers to do it all. As a community, we are perhaps too quick to celebrate them managing against the odds rather than thinking of how we can support them.
This article hopes to address that in some small way. To learn more about the challenges they face, I spoke to two Black motherhood organisations.
Roar writer Laura Saracino on TEDxKing’s College London’s latest conference, “The Elephant in the Room”.
The “elephant in the room” is an issue, ignored yet central, of which everyone is well aware of, but no one addresses openly. A harsh imperfection or discomfort, difficult consequences, and a crucial impact: sometimes easier to just ignore. Thus, the impotent presence of the untold influences our behaviour in unknown ways, difficult to forget or undress.
In TEDxKing’s College London’s December 2020 edition, the idea worth spreading was speaking of the unspoken, fiercely exposing what traditionally has always been overlooked on purpose. In the YouTube streamed event, four powerful women had the strength to leave their personal elephants at the mercy of unknown viewers, setting them free in the endless Internet room.