Chicago Birth Stories

Have you given birth or attended a birth as a supporter or birth worker in Chicagoland? Share your story using #ChicagoBirthStories or click the link below!

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Please share the story of your birth experience to help us better understand the origins of challenging and empowering birth experiences in #Chicago. We hope to use these stories to generate new designs to improve maternal health locally. Share today! ➡️ https://t.co/rMpUcWpaul

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“What’s intriguing to me is telehealth was available to most before but utilized by almost no one,” Bass said, on telehealth during the pandemic.

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“When discussing maternal mental health, most people only know to ask about postpartum depression (PPD), but there are so many more facets of maternal mental health that need to be asked about and talked about in general.”

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“McIntyre believes Isaac’s death should have been preventable with increased monitoring, he believes the COVID-19 pandemic was a factor as well.”

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“Increasing access to such out-of-hospital care is critical to making birth more equitable for Black Americans and others who have faced discrimination in medical settings. ”

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Vox shares that Paisley, who is Black, believes the staffer treated her differently because of her race. That night, she told her husband, “We’re not having the baby in the hospital.”

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“According to a 2019 study from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, Texas has more uninsured women of reproductive age than any other state in the nation.”

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On pregnancy during COVID19, “Many described fragmented health care, confusion about where to go for assistance, limited prenatal visits, and pressure to use telemedicine instead of in-person care.”
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“Many moms are losing jobs, health insurance, child care, and ways to connect with people who normally help them when they’re feeling overwhelmed".
- Texans Care for Children (TCC) on covering a full year after childbirth & other smart policies
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“Pregnant and postpartum mothers, midwives, nurses, and researchers shared their powerful stories describing their experiences and challenges for maternal health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
- virtual Massachusetts Town Hall
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“On July 15, the MA COVID-19 Maternal Equity Coalition released six key policy recommendations to ensure equitable, evidence-based, system-level policy reforms are enacted in the protection of birthing people”
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“2020 Mom, founded in 2011 as the California Maternal Mental Health Collaborative, has evolved as a national organization with a mission to close gaps in maternal mental health care.”
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Mental Health America on the importance of postpartum care - “If you are struggling, you're not alone. Of new or expecting mothers who took a screen, 74% scored positive for a mental health condition.”
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“Black Maternal Mental Health Week was created to help shed awareness and induce action around maternal mental health complications affecting Black women during and after childbirth”.
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“What we want to understand is not just at the time of delivery what this may mean for the baby, but also she gets a virus early in the pregnancy, say in the first trimester, .. what that means for her and for the baby”

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In late June, Georgia lawmakers approved a measure extending postpartum Medicaid coverage to six months. California recently approved a budget deal to cover new mothers with mental health conditions for a year after delivery.

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Forbes reports that "Immunization campaigns are being halted and health workers are being diverted from maternity to Covid-19 units,": Elizabeth Mason, co-chair of the UN Secretary-General's IAP.

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