Pregnant While Black
eBook - ePub

Pregnant While Black

Reshaping the Story of an American Tragedy

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Pregnant While Black

Reshaping the Story of an American Tragedy

About this book

A tragedy is unfolding all around us and is receiving well overdue attention. Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy than their white peers. But Dr. Monique Rainford is working to better understand these disparities and do something about them.

Pregnant While Black is a hopeful exploration of the issues pregnant Black women face in America. Within these pages, Dr. Rainford draws on over twenty years of experience working in obstetrics and gynecology to offer a primer on Black pregnancies and how to better care for them. She shares the successes and testimonies of Black women who have struggled during pregnancy and childbirth, anchoring the stories of these women with carefully researched facts. Despite medical advances over the last twenty years, for Black women, the overwhelming dangers of carrying and delivering children remain and it only seems to be getting worse.

In Pregnant While Black, Rainford begins the work of "repairing the damage of the past" with an examination of the conditions that plague Black pregnancies. This important book carries the hopes and dreams of a generation looking to effect change, here and now.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Abbreviations
  6. Prelude
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1: Why Black Mothers Are Dying in America
  9. Chapter 2: Black Women and Fertility—How Is the System Failing Them?
  10. Chapter 3: A Deep Dive into Miscarriages and Why They Affect Black Women More
  11. Chapter 4: Navigating the Healthcare System—The Added Burden
  12. Chapter 5: Preterm Birth Story—How the Disparity Perpetuates
  13. Chapter 6: Multiple Gestation—How Many Black Babies Will Survive?
  14. Chapter 7: Preeclampsia/Hypertensive Disorders—Too Common for Black Women
  15. Chapter 8: Stillbirth—The Searing Pain of Loss and Why Black Women Suffer More
  16. Chapter 9: Low Birthweight Babies—What’s in a Number?
  17. Chapter 10: Social Support for Black Pregnant Women and the Role of the Father
  18. Chapter 11: Sickle Cell Disease and Lupus—Ignored and Undertreated
  19. Chapter 12: Mental Health Challenges—The Silent Pandemic
  20. Chapter 13: Covid-19 and the Effect on Black Pregnant Women
  21. Chapter 14: The Route of Delivery
  22. Chapter 15: The Postpartum Experience—The Care That Ends Too Quickly
  23. Chapter 16: The Newborn Tax on Black Children
  24. Chapter 17: The Ray of Hope
  25. Acknowledgments
  26. Notes
  27. Bibliography