S23 E1: Built to Birth

*Content warning: infant loss, birth trauma, medical trauma and neglect, death, pregnancy loss, mature content. 

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*Sources:

American College of Nurse Midwives

https://midwife.org/ 

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)

https://www.acog.org/ 

Gestational diabetes

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gestational-diabetes/symptoms-causes/syc-20355339 

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 

Maternal Mortality, A National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Panel Report

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10863655/ 

Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2022

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2022/maternal-mortality-rates-2022.pdf 

Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC)

https://www.meacschools.org/ 

National Midwifery Institute

https://www.nationalmidwiferyinstitute.com/midwifery 

Neonatal mortality is more than tripled at planned out-of-hospital births attended by direct-entry midwives. Grunebaum, Amos et al. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Volume 222, Issue 1, S45. https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(19)31440-1/fulltext 

North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)

https://narm.org/ 

Placental abruption

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/placental-abruption/symptoms-causes/syc-20376458 

Preeclampsia

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/preeclampsia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355745 

Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Among Indigenous Women in the United States

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7012336/ 

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/ 

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