https://msmagazine.com/2012/12/17/high-maternal-mortality-rates-for-black-moms-still-a-mystery/ More Than A Magazine, A Movement Thu, 01 Feb 2024 22:52:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://msmagazine.com/2012/12/17/high-maternal-mortality-rates-for-black-moms-still-a-mystery/#comment-189846 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 20:17:03 +0000 http://testdb.msmagazine.com/blog/?p=75443#comment-189846 I really enjoyed reading your article! I just started my own business as a Wellness Coach for pregnant women. I am on a mission to help save black women and teen during their pregnancy. I look forward to reading more of your articles. Thank you very much.

]]> https://msmagazine.com/2012/12/17/high-maternal-mortality-rates-for-black-moms-still-a-mystery/#comment-114399 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:25:53 +0000 http://testdb.msmagazine.com/blog/?p=75443#comment-114399 In my own experience, I was neglected by my OBGYN and her staff. She “expected” my pregnancy to go off without a hitch because my first birth was textbook. What she didn’t realize was that I was more fatigued and stressed with the second pregnancy. Secondly, although I felt that I was not being given the proper care, it would be worse for me to change doctors during my third trimester. Going into the delivery room, I was delirious and could tell that this birth would be different. The baby went into crises and the hospital room swam before my eyes. Later, when I came to there was two nurses and my sister sitting in an ugly hospital room that looked more like a morgue. I felt nauseous and was too weak to speak. My sister told me later that the baby and I had been lost but were revived through the efforts of the hospital staff. My doctor was shaken and totally caught off guard. Could it be that arrogance or indifference is what is killing Black Mothers in the delivery room? This was the case in my story. If my sister had not been there, both my son and I would have died right there in the delivery room and been nothing but numbers in a medical report on minority women.

]]> https://msmagazine.com/2012/12/17/high-maternal-mortality-rates-for-black-moms-still-a-mystery/#comment-101480 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:08:13 +0000 http://testdb.msmagazine.com/blog/?p=75443#comment-101480 THE SITUATION IS NO DIFFERENT IN GHANA.IT TRAGIC TO SEE WOMEN DIE FROM PREGNANCE RELATED CAUSES. I BELIEVE IT’S TIME WE PREGMATIC STEPS TO SAVE WOMEN

]]> https://msmagazine.com/2012/12/17/high-maternal-mortality-rates-for-black-moms-still-a-mystery/#comment-100395 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 03:28:36 +0000 http://testdb.msmagazine.com/blog/?p=75443#comment-100395 While there may be racial discrimination and greater difficulty in getting access to health services for black women, it’s obvious that there is a genetic link to the risk factors for high maternal mortality,because this is a problem we face in Africa too. Maybe it’s not just better healthcare we need (tho’ that wouldn’t hurt).

]]> https://msmagazine.com/2012/12/17/high-maternal-mortality-rates-for-black-moms-still-a-mystery/#comment-98880 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 04:24:35 +0000 http://testdb.msmagazine.com/blog/?p=75443#comment-98880 You should have paid more attention to obesity and maternal deaths.

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