I like to let my body push the baby out, so I didn’t make any concerted effort to push until the head was almost born... his head eased out with a contraction and my midwife helped the baby ease out the rest of the way.
A birth I never imagined I’d get. A healing I didn’t know Aaron and I so deeply needed.I remember being surrounded by love, truly calling my shots, and being respected every single step.
This was it. This was the magic I’ve chased. I heard the first cry and I closed my eyes to breathe that baby in and savor this moment with tears of joy and relief.
From ancestral wisdom to systemic disruption — how today’s disparities are rooted in injustice, and why perinatal professionals must ground their care in context, culture, and care.
From the moment you find out you’re expecting, a million and one things are likely to cross your mind — here’s a gentle guide through some of the big common questions, choices, moments, and decisions.
Two photographs depicting two moments through the lens of two artists. One powerful, unfiltered story that deserves to be seen. This is why we couldn't just choose.
Moving through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum almost like a guided timeline — not as a strict sequence or formula, but as a way of honoring how many layers, decisions, emotions, and small thresholds people encounter along the way.
The study “Manifestations of Anti-Black Racism and Worry About Pregnancy and Birthing While Black,” reveals the multifaceted ways in which racism drives the deep, valid worry Black women carry into pregnancy and birth and the multi-level need to address it.
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