Three: Mikah and Cecilia's Stories

NATAL

Martina Abrahams Ilunga

Birthing Podcast, Documentary, Maternal Mortality, Black Podcast, Birth Justice, Lgbtq Pregnancy, Health Policy, Queer Pregnancy, Black Maternal Health, Infant Mortality, Trans Birthing, Infant Morbidity, Personal Journals, Black Birthing, Black Pregnancy, Lgtbq Birthing, Prenatal Podcast, Queer Birthing, Trans Pregnancy, Pregnancy Podcast, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Black Infertility, Maternal Health, Perinatal Health, Reproductive Justice, Black Health Policy

4.6 • 622 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Facing unplanned pregnancies in their 20s, Mikah and Cecilia's hospital births reveal how access to childbirth education, support systems, and the lack of standardization of care shaped their individual journeys to becoming parents for the first time.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Natal.
0:01.8	You're listening to Natal.
0:03.0	You are listening to Natal.
0:04.9	You're listening to Natal.
0:06.3	A podcast about having a baby.
0:08.3	Having a baby.
0:09.1	Having a baby while black.
0:18.0	I'm Nadle co-host, Gabrielle Horton.
0:20.8	So far this season, we've talked to parents and practitioners from California,
0:25.4	down to New Orleans, and up to New York.
0:28.0	And they're all saying the same thing.
0:30.3	The current system of care is failing black-birthing parents.
0:35.2	But this is a conversation with nuance. There's some levels to it. When we start
0:40.9	at natal, we really want it to share the highs, the lows, and the often complex, messy, gray area
0:47.7	that doesn't always make the headlines, doctor's notes, or even conversations with loved ones.
0:53.8	Black birthing parents and their stories
0:55.9	aren't monolithic. And the stories you're going to hear from Micah Thomas and Cecilia Flores
1:01.9	Rodriguez are a perfect example of that. Our first parent, Micah, lives in Philadelphia.
1:08.5	Cecilia, our second parent, lives in Boston.
1:11.6	They both had unplanned pregnancies in their 20s, and they were in completely different relationship and socioeconomic situations at the time.
1:19.6	But Micah and Cecilia both chose to have their babies, and they chose hospital births.
1:24.6	Which also isn't too surprising considering the fact that more than 98% of
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