perinatal healthcare Archives

Cesarean Risk: What’s Your Place of Birth Got to Do With It?

Activism, Birth Choices, homebirth, Interventions, Podcast, TBPodcast

Cesarean rates have increased 500% in one generation, and about half of them may be unnecessary. Harvard Medical School professor and ACOG Fellow Dr. Neel Shah talks with Adriana about how the hospital you choose can be your #1 risk of having a surgical birth, how we...

Supporting Healthy Families in the U.S.: Has Anything Changed?

Activism, Podcast

Adriana has a candid conversation with Professor Monica McLemore about the lack of policies and practices that support new parents in the U.S. They discuss how paid family leave and the Black Maternal Health Caucus’ “Momnibus” legislative package fit into the need to...