NEW YORK — For Ebon'Nae Bradley, helping expectant parents is more than a job - it's her mission. Bradley has been a licensed doula for more than a decade and has supported hundreds of mothers in their journeys to give birth.
Kandis Mascall, Candace Smith, Meagan Redman, Haley Yamada, ABC NewsNEW YORK — For Ebon’Nae Bradley, helping expectant parents is more than a job - it’s her mission. Bradley has been a licensed doula for more than a decade and has supported hundreds of mothers in their journeys to give birth.
“When women reach out to me, especially Black women, the No. 1 thing, without fail, is fear. They're afraid,” Bradley told ABC's Janai Norman. Dr. Joia Crear-Perry is a retired OB-GYN and leading specialist on maternal mortality among Black mothers. She said race, gender and socio-economic status matter during childbirth.
“Midwifery care is not just about caring for her body. We're caring for the whole woman,” said Jones. “We want to know what your mental state is. We want to know what your emotions are like.” Arrington said that her first birth was a “traumatic” experience for her. Her prenatal records showed that her baby started showing signs of fetal distress and doctors said she would need an emergency cesarean section.
According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, planned home birth is associated with more than two times increased risk of perinatal death and three times increased risk of seizures or serious neurological dysfunction in newborns. Only 1 percent of women in the U.S. opt to give birth at home.
“First thing we do is we have to get the previous records from her C-sections. We have to make sure that the surgery was done in a manner that is safe for her to try an out-of-hospital birth. And once we do that, then we go about preparing her prenatal,” said Fruga, who also makes sure that the patient is close to a hospital in the event more medical care is needed.
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