By Alexa Spencer | Word In Black (WIB) - Giving birth wasn’t always a medicalized event with unnecessary interventions and fatal or near-death experiences in hospitals. Some 70-odd years ago, Black mothers were nursed at the bedside by well-respected Black midwives. The caretakers supported their community’s moms through all stages of childbirth — pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum. In a […]
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