Name: 助產士幫助有需要的家庭。 (The Midwife Helping Families in Need)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T08:22:54.000Z
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and I heard their stories as a child growing up.

In Los Angeles County African American women

are two to three times more likely to suffer

premature birth or to have a baby die within the first year.

is the hospital really the safest place for them?

And my mission is all around making a change in

We are advocates for people having access

That means they have the choice to give birth

or at home but supporting them whichever way they go

and then them getting the best possible care.

Right now if you were to Google midwifery you would find

the majority of people represented are an elite group.

More specifically, white and so I see myself

as hopefully someone who's an advocate for those

that are completely disregarded and unseen in

Well, it feels really good to be seen by someone

who looks like me, who understands the micro-aggression,

who understands the stress of just being a person of color

What's going on, what can I do for you today?

- When I get to nine months I'm gonna have like a

small planet attached to the front of me.

Last year, 2014, I had one premature baby

out of 100 babies born outside of the hospital

Most midwives in a day are gonna see six to 10 people,

As opposed to having to have the caseload of a doctor.

specifically for African American families.

The Community Birth Center offers a sliding scale

The average cost for out-of- hospital birth with a midwife

there are days that I don't feel like I have enough:

but I'll keep doing it for as long as I can

and I will never stop giving people care.

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助產士幫助有需要的家庭。 (The Midwife Helping Families in Need)

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