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Breaking The Cycle (PT 4)

So Shameless

So Shameless Podcast

Comedy

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

On Todays episode we welcome Brooke and Colin Smith, two advocates for prenatal care, infant care and assistance duuring pregnancy and infant loss, who speak on their experience with infant loss and the Maternal morbidity rate amongst Black Women. This episode highlighted the way black women are negatively treated by the healthcare system and emphasized the need for fathers to be supportive of their expecting partners during the perinatal period. Enjoy.

Socials
Brooke Lugo Smith
@BrookeLugoSmith on Instagram

Colin Smith
@IamColinSmith on Instagram

Amina Woods
@TheOfficeofAminaTWoods - Instagram

Zakiyah Woods
@Lens.on.swivel on Instagram

AminaTwoods.com where those who are interested can request a free consultation for Doula services

Postpartum support International is a National organizationoffering an array of culturally relevant resources for dads:

https://www.postpartum.net/get-help/help-for-dads/

Fatherhood intiative - Individual and Family counseling, mediation and conflict resolution, father to father mentoring, assistance with child visitation

https://www.nyc.gov/site/dycd/services/family-support/fatherhood-initiative.page

Links to help

Go To Postpartum.Net to get nationwide access to help and support groups for when you are going thru the postpartum period
 
Go To EventBrite.com and search Healthy Start Brooklyn for weekly parenting classes

Transcript

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen, this episode we have a couple who will tell a story about pain and loss.

0:09.0

I just want to make sure that if you've gone through that, you understand that that's what's happening in this

0:13.5

episode and you're ready for yes this is a trigger warning it's it gets heavy

0:21.0

but I think it's a necessary conversation.

0:24.0

So, let's go.

0:26.0

Hey, yeah, so I recorded that trigger warning after last week's episode,

0:32.0

and now that I listen back,'m like shit that you're not

0:35.1

telling anybody anything so I want to explain. Brooke and Colin are about to tell us a story about infant loss

0:46.0

about losing in a child

0:50.0

and other things that happen that can be triggering for women who have

0:57.6

lost a child women who have had miscarriages you know and have had like horrible experiences with the hospital system.

1:07.0

I just want to make sure that you guys are aware that that's what we're about to talk about.

1:12.0

But I do think are aware that that's what we're about to talk about.

1:13.0

But I do think it's so necessary.

1:17.6

For one, I think it's affirming for women

1:21.8

that go through things, you know, within the health care system.

1:25.6

It's black women who feel like they're trying to talk over them about their own

1:30.7

bodies or are like just shooing them out the way, you know, who go through pregnancy and they're like,

1:35.8

Yo, I feel like this and somebody give me answers and the people are just like, yeah, yeah, yeah, don't worry about it.

1:40.3

I've done this a million times, you know, you don't, my trust me, I got this, don't be a worry war,

1:45.4

don't be a mom'silla. I'm hoping that this episode is affirming for you and for

1:51.1

future moms who may go through this. I want you to know, I want you to listen to this, you know, and not let that happen to you.

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