From the Center for Investigative Reporting in PRX, this is Reveal. I'm Al Letson.

Earlier this spring, New Yorkers Amber Rose, Isaac and Bruce McIntyre were getting ready

to welcome their first child. They've been dating for two years but had known each other

much longer.

I actually tried to talk to her six years ago and she turned me down because she was

so focused on school and her career.

Amber was 26 and working in early childhood education. She was about to get her masters.

Bruce was 28 and was working in finance.

Amber was very excited to have a baby. This is what we planned for. We planned months

in advance for this.

The couple was aware of some scary statistics. That women like Amber, who was black and put

a reek in, are more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women. In New York,

the rate of death for black moms is eight times higher. They were trying to do everything

right.

Strictly vegan, very healthy woman. She'd make sure that we're reading stories to the

baby every night, seeing the baby talk to the baby every single night.

She'd often share her thoughts on Twitter about how active the baby wasn't a belly, about

how her baby shower was thwarted by the pandemic.

On April 17th, Amber sent what would turn out to be her final tweet, saying that she

couldn't wait to write a tell-all about her experience with her doctors. Days later,

she died at Montefuert Medical Center, the Bronx Hospital where she'd been getting

care.

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