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Whitney’s Journey: From Planned Homebirth to Preemie Birth

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Whitney’s Journey: From Planned Homebirth to Preemie Birth

On this episode of Birthright, Kimberly Seals Allers interviews Whitney Robinson, a design-loving product manager and mother of four. As with her other children, Whitney planned a home birth, but…
March 10, 2021

Whitney’s Journey: From Planned Homebirth to Preemie Birth

On this episode of Birthright, Kimberly Seals Allers interviews Whitney Robinson, a design-loving product manager and mother of four. As with her other children, Whitney planned a home birth, but 25-weeks into her pregnancy she went into premature labor and, with her husband and support team, she was determined to turn the unthinkable into an unapologetically Black experience. 

Resources/References:

  • Stark racial disparities exist in pre-term births. For example, in 2019, the rate of preterm birth among African-American women (14.4%) was about 50 percent higher than the rate of preterm birth among white or Hispanic women (9.3% and 10% respectively). Source: CDC: Reproductive Health 
  • Learn more about having a safe and empowered birth by downloading the free ebook: Birth with Irth: A Mini-Manual to Pregnancy and Childbirth for Black People 
  • Get full episode details and transcripts (posted by midday) on www.BirthrightPodcast.com 
  • New episodes are released every other Wednesday! Subscribe now!  
  • Follow Kimberly Seals Allers on Twitter on Instagram: @iamKSealsAllers 

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