Thread by @Fly_Sistah

Watching #Aftershock on @hulu about Black women's maternal mortality & just realized my husband knows Omari Maynard from his old block & ran into him recently. You just never know what people are going through. 😪
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My husband's cousin just buried a baby this month. No casket should be that small. Mom also nearly died & was in ICU for a week. I'm not sharing too much more now though. #AfterShock

My bonus son's birth was traumatic. My husband said the blood gushing out was so bad that 5 to 7 doctors came in & WATCHED her bleeding out for like 10 minutes. The bleeding did stop but there was nothing done to stop the bleeding. #aftershock

Black women are 80% EIGHTY percent of the maternal deaths in NYC. What the fuck. And somehow NY has a B- grade not an F.
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So C sections are more profitable than vaginal birth so it's a incentive to push pregnant people to have a c section aka major surgery removing organs.
#AfterShock

Amber's platelets kept dropping for months & were documented. Doctors just didn't give a shit until her tweets about her mistreatment went viral. #AfterShock
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I like the idea of a birthing center & it's seemingly safer than a hospital. The question is why though. Why are hospitals unsafe for Black pregnant people? smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/aft…
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My husband's grandmother was a nurse but never went to school. She'd been a midwife & was hired. Now 87% of midwives are white women.
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So basically Black midwives were pushed out of the profession with fines & licensing requirements. It became an overwhelmingly white profession.
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https://twitter.com/iamn0tthe1/status/1330710399147274244?t=jKjc388c9TY6LzErvbluuw&s=19

How is it even possible that NY only has 3 birthing centers. Three? There are 19 million people here. #Aftershock