'With each passing article of pregnant Black women who’ve lost their lives, their names and stories remain etched in my memory' writes LeahSinclairr
’), she was a young Black woman full of life and about to experience the joys of motherhood and she was robbed of that - like many Black women before her and many to come if we don’t highlight the pandemic that is Black maternal mortality.Earlier this month, 26-year-old Sha-asia Washington died during an emergency c-section after receiving an epidural at Woodhull Hospital, New York City.
Following the release of the report, researchers said that 'understanding these disparities needs urgent research and action' - and I couldn’t agree more. With all of that combined, you’re left feeling as though pregnancy for Black women could be a potential death sentence in 2020. How can that not lead to anxiety?
Believe it or not, I got to stage in my early to mid-twenties where those concerns started to dissipate. I took on an ‘It is what it is’ mentality, believing that whatever comes with pregnancy and childbirth is nothing to fear compared to the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow – that it’s well worth the journey.
As I’m officially in my late twenties, thoughts towards children have become more persistent. I’ve found myself having conversations about it with friends and family to get their perspectives on pregnancy and motherhood and I’ve found the dialogue to be useful. I feel like that’s what many of us lacked growing up. Conversations around sex, pregnancy and parenthood rarely happened and when they did, the topics were swiftly acknowledged and then...well, that was it.
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