S23 E4: Hell House
Something Was Wrong
Broken Cycle Media
4.1 • 24.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
*Content warning: birth trauma, medical trauma, medical neglect, death, mature and stressful themes.
*Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources
*Sources:
American College of Nurse Midwives
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
CDC, Health E-Stats, Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2023
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2023/Estat-maternal-mortality.pdf
CDC, Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2023
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2023/maternal-mortality-rates-2023
CDC, Working Together to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality
https://www.cdc.gov/womens-health/features/maternal-mortality.html
Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice: https://blackmaternalhealth.tufts.edu/
Comparative Analysis of Therapeutic Showers and Bathtubs for Pain Management and Labor Outcomes—A Retrospective Cohort Study
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/
Fetal Heart Monitoring
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/fetal-heart-monitoring
Fundal Height
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diagnostics/22294-fundal-height
Health Equity Among Black Women in the United States
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8020496/
Insights into the U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis: An International Comparison
March of Dimes
https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/about-us
Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC)
Monitoring Baby’s Heart Rate During Labor
https://familydoctor.org/monitoring-babys-heart-rate-labor/
Mucus Plug
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/21606-mucus-plug
Nasal Cannula
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/25187-nasal-cannula
National Midwifery Institute
https://www.nationalmidwiferyinstitute.com/midwifery
CDC, National Vital Statistics Reports
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-05.pdf
North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)
State investigating Dallas birth center and midwives, following multiple complaints from patients
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)
Water breaking: Understand this sign of labor
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/labor-and-delivery/in-depth/water-breaking/art-20044142
Zucker School of Medicine, Amos Grunebaum, MD
https://faculty.medicine.hofstra.edu/13732-amos-grunebaum/publications
*SWW S22 Theme Song & Artwork:
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