*Content warning: birth trauma, medical trauma, medical neglect, death, 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/ CDC, Health E-Stats, Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2023 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2023/Estat-maternal-mortality.pdf 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 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 S22 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/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me IG: instagram.com/lookieboo
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My name is Amanda and I had my son July 11th of 2023. He is now 15 months old. Me and my husband had done a lot of research about how we wanted our pregnancy and labor to look. I didn't necessarily have an OB that I loved. I had a nurse practitioner that I had seen several times and I absolutely loved her, but I knew that she wouldn't be the one to deliver my baby.
I did a lot of research and built my case. We had talked a lot about it. This is how I want things to go. And I wanted him to be able to be involved for him to cut the cord. He was going to catch the baby. He was real gung ho about all of it.
That was the decision that we made, was to go this birth center route that was a good, happy medium between being in a hospital with bright lights or being at home where we didn't know what we were doing. I was interested in a home birth, but I was like, I'd like to be closer to a hospital and have more support. I went to the birth center expecting a much more personal experience.
I wanted to feel like I could be friends with these women because you want to be comfortable in that space. It's so personal. You're so vulnerable in this stage. You feel like you want to be able to know that you can communicate with this person and maybe a 70-year-old man isn't going to know where you're coming from.
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