Today’s episode is the first in a two-part series on childbirth.  Black women are nearly three times more likely than White women to die in childbirth, so we are taking our time with this topic. In this episode, Brenda and Elaine talk to Maya Gold Patterson about how she prepared for pregnancy and delivery, and the challenges she faced delivering her first child during COVID.

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Los Angeles County has an African American Infant and Maternal Mortality Initiative, a coalition addressing the unacceptably high rates of Black infant and maternal deaths in Los Angeles County.

CAPPA is an international certification organization for Doulas, Childbirth Educators and Lactation Educators. They maintain a directory of doulas and educators.   

The momnibus act is a legislative effort at the federal level to address the national crisis in Black maternal health care.