S23 E5: Tragic and Horrific

*Content warning: death of an infant, infant loss, death, birth trauma, medical trauma, medical neglect, racism, mature and stressful themes.  *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources    *Sources: American College of Nurse Midwives https://midwife.org/  American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) https://www.acog.org/  Birth Centers Offer Potential to Transform Maternity Care Through Community-Led Approaches that Focus on Families of Color https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/08/19/birth-centers-offer-potential-to-transform-maternity-care-through-community-led-approaches-that-focus-on-families-of-color/  CDC, Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2023 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2023/maternal-mortality-rates-2023 CDC, Working Together to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality https://www.cdc.gov/womens-health/features/maternal-mortality.html  Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice: https://blackmaternalhealth.tufts.edu/ Comparative Analysis of Therapeutic Showers and Bathtubs for Pain Management and Labor Outcomes—A Retrospective Cohort Study https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/ Fetal Heart Monitoring https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/fetal-heart-monitoring  Fundal Height https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diagnostics/22294-fundal-height  Health Equity Among Black Women in the United States https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8020496/  Insights into the U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis: An International Comparison https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/jun/insights-us-maternal-mortality-crisis-international-comparison  March of Dimes https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/about-us  March of Dimes, Data: Heath Insurance/Income https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/data?reg=99&top=11&stop=653&lev=1&slev=4&obj=1&sreg=48 https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/data?reg=99&top=11&stop=154&lev=1&slev=4&obj=1&sreg=48 Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC) https://www.meacschools.org/  Monitoring Baby’s Heart Rate During Labor https://familydoctor.org/monitoring-babys-heart-rate-labor/  Mucus Plug https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/21606-mucus-plug Nasal Cannula https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/25187-nasal-cannula  National Midwifery Institute https://www.nationalmidwiferyinstitute.com/midwifery  CDC, National Vital Statistics Reports https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-05.pdf  North American Registry of Midwives (NARM) https://narm.org/  State investigating Dallas birth center and midwives, following multiple complaints from patients https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/investigates/state-investigating-dallas-birth-center-midwives-following-multiple-complaints-from-patients/287-ea77eb18-c637-44d4-aaa2-fe8fd7a2fcef  Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/  Water breaking: Understand this sign of labor https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/labor-and-delivery/in-depth/water-breaking/art-20044142 Zucker School of Medicine, Amos Grunebaum, MD https://faculty.medicine.hofstra.edu/13732-amos-grunebaum/publications *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork:  Thank you so much to Emily Wolfe for covering Glad Rag’s original song, U Think U for us this season! Hear more from Emily Wolfe: On Spotify On Apple Music https://www.emilywolfemusic.com/ instagram.com/emilywolfemusic Glad Rags: https://www.gladragsmusic.com/  The S23 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart Follow Something Was Wrong:Website: somethingwaswrong.com IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcastTikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast  Follow Tiffany Reese:Website: tiffanyreese.me IG: instagram.com/lookieboo See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.