S23 Ep5: Tragic and Horrific
Something Was Wrong
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4.1 • 24.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
*Content warning: death of an infant, infant loss, death, birth trauma, medical trauma, medical neglect, racism, 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)
Birth Centers Offer Potential to Transform Maternity Care Through Community-Led Approaches that Focus on Families of Color
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
March of Dimes, Data: Heath Insurance/Income
https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/data?reg=99&top=11&stop=653&lev=1&slev=4&obj=1&sreg=48
https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/data?reg=99&top=11&stop=154&lev=1&slev=4&obj=1&sreg=48
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
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Something Was Wrong is intended for mature audiences. |
| 0:03.8 | This season contains discussions of medical negligence, birth trauma, and infant loss, |
| 0:10.2 | which may be upsetting for some listeners. |
| 0:13.1 | For a full content warning, sources, and resources, |
| 0:17.0 | please visit the episode notes. |
| 0:19.9 | Opinions shared by the guests of the show are their own |
| 0:22.4 | and do not necessarily represent the views of myself, |
| 0:26.5 | broken cycle media, and wondering. |
| 0:29.1 | The podcast in any linked materials should not be misconstrued |
| 0:32.9 | as a substitution for legal or medical advice. |
| 0:37.0 | At the time of this episode's release, midwives Jennifer Crawford, |
| 0:41.2 | Gina Thompson, and Caitlin Wages have not responded to our request for comment. |
| 0:47.3 | This season is dedicated with love to Malik. |
| 0:53.1 | Every year in the United States, hundreds of women die during or after pregnancy, and many |
| 0:59.8 | more face serious long-term health complications. |
| 1:03.7 | According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 80% of these deaths |
| 1:09.2 | are preventable. |
| 1:11.3 | Tragically, black women are three times more likely to die |
| 1:15.3 | from pregnancy-related causes than white women. |
| 1:19.1 | This disparity is driven by a variety of factors, |
| 1:22.9 | including inequities in health care quality, |
| 1:26.2 | underlying chronic health conditions, and social |
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