20. Surprise Pregnancy Four Days After Adoption with Jessica + Blake

06/10/20 • 50 min

This week Jessica and Blake share their birth stories and adoption story. Jessica had a cesarean with her first born and once he turned two they decided to grow their family. Jessica got pregnant but suffered a miscarriage. After her miscarriage, Jessica's friend reached out about adoption. Once they decided they were going to adopt, they sent in all the paper work and had their home study. Four days later they were chosen by a birth mom. And four days after bringing their adopted son home, Jessica found out she was pregnant.
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19. Amplify Black Voices

This weeks episode is going to be a bit different. With everything going on in our country I thought it would be best to skip a story this week and give some information on women of color. I’ll also list resources where you can get more information from women of color in the birthing community. Before diving deep into the birthing world a couple years ago, I had no idea that:

Black women are three to four times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death than white women.
Black women experience more maternal health complications than white women.
Black women receive a lower quality of care than white women.
Black women are more likely to experience preventable maternal death compared with white women.

Now I encourage you to check out these organizations to listen to and further educate yourself:
Birth Stories in Color Podcast- www.birthstoriesincolor.com or @birthstoriesincolor on Instagram

Birthing Justice- www.blackwomenbirthingjustice.org or @birthingjustice on Instagram

Midwife Nikki Knowles- www.dallasbirth.com or @nikknowlesmidwife on Instagram

Health in Her Hue- www.healthinherhue.com or @healthinherhue on Instagram

MommiNation- www.mommination.com or @mommination on Instagram

Southern Birth Justice- www.southerbirthjustice.org or @southerbirthjustice on Instagram

Black Mamas Matter Alliance- www.blackmamasmatter.org or @blackmamsmatter on Instagram

Those are just a handful of great resources from black women in the birthing community.

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21. Peaceful & Determined Unmedicated Hospital Birth with Krystyl

In this weeks episode Krystyl shares her calm, peaceful, determined, unmedicated hospital birth. With her super supportive husband she was able to labor at home for 15 hours before going to the hospital. When she arrived she was surprised to find out how many centimeters she was dilated.
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