Ep117: Maternal Morbidity and Mortality and 10 Ways to Stay Safe
Birth With Power
Dr. Nicole C. Rankins
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In this episode I’m revisiting the important topic of maternal morbidity and mortality and how you can keep yourself safe. Pregnancy related morbidity (health related conditions that have a negative effect on the woman’s well-being) and pregnancy related mortality (death related to pregnancy) are on the rise in The US. This is truly a public health crisis, especially for black women.
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| 0:00.0 | In this episode, I'm revisiting the important topic of maternal morbidity and mortality and how you can keep yourself safe. |
| 0:14.0 | Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast. |
| 0:18.6 | I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankins, a board certified OBGYN, who's been in practice |
| 0:23.3 | for nearly 15 years. I've had the privilege of helping over 1,000 babies into this world, |
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| 1:21.5 | Hello there. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. This is episode number 117. Thank you for being here with me today. |
| 1:30.5 | So I want to start off with the story. One night I received a call through the answering service. |
| 1:35.8 | At my last job, we used to take calls through the answering service, and I'll call the patient |
| 1:40.3 | Michelle. Michelle had an uncomplicated delivery a few days earlier and she was at home. |
| 1:46.5 | She was calling because she felt short of breath. She was having a hard time catching her breath. |
| 1:51.6 | Now on the phone, Michelle didn't sound particularly short of breath to me and I asked her several |
| 1:56.3 | questions to try and get a sense for what may be going on. Nothing stood out as alarming in her responses. |
| 2:03.2 | However, Michelle was pretty persistent that she just didn't feel right. So I advised her that the |
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