Ep 20: Honoring The Black Birthing Experience

The Black birthing experience in the United States has such deep and rich history. Some aspects are painful and others beautiful, but all of it laced with resistance, a constant fight to reclaim the sacredness of birth, to liberate our bodies, and secure a safer future for our children and families. 

In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Nicole JeanBaptiste, who's a mother, Birthworker, Birth Advocate, and Oral Historian. So much of Nicole's work involves honoring and uplifting the Black birthing experience. She shared with us, the contributions of Black women to the field of Gynecology, the origins of midwifery in the United States, the imbalances in our medical system that bring harm to birthing people, and ways we can move towards a safer birthing experience.   

>> To Stay in Touch with Nicole, find her here on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sese_doula // Learn More about Nicole on her website: https://www.sesedoulaservices.com

>> Donate to the Bronx Rebirth & Progress Collective to help them to further their work in supporting Birthing people and families in the Bronx: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bxrebirth // Follow Them on IG: https://www.instagram.com/bxrebirthcollective 

RESOURCES FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION:

>> Dr Deirdre Cooper Owens, who teaches and writes extensively about the experiments done on Black slave women to advance the field of Gynecology. Learn more about her here: https://www.deirdrecooperowens.com/ // Follow her on IG: https://www.instagram.com/deirdrecooperowens/ 

 

>> The Business of Being Born to help you better understand the term, "medical industrial complex" in the birthing experience: https://www.thebusinessof.life/

 

>> Orgasmic Birth for examples of safe and beautiful birthing experiences—different from the dramatic portrayals we often see on TV: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/ 

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