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*Content warning: birth trauma, medical trauma, medical neglect, death, mature and stressful themes. 

*Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources   

*Sources:

American College of Nurse Midwives

https://midwife.org/ 

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)

https://www.acog.org/ 

CDC, Health E-Stats, Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2023

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2023/Estat-maternal-mortality.pdf

CDC, Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2023

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2023/maternal-mortality-rates-2023

CDC, Working Together to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality

https://www.cdc.gov/womens-health/features/maternal-mortality.html 

Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice: https://blackmaternalhealth.tufts.edu/

Comparative Analysis of Therapeutic Showers and Bathtubs for Pain Management and Labor Outcomes—A Retrospective Cohort Study

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/

Fetal Heart Monitoring

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/fetal-heart-monitoring 

Fundal Height

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diagnostics/22294-fundal-height 

Health Equity Among Black Women in the United States

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8020496/ 

Insights into the U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis: An International Comparison

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/jun/insights-us-maternal-mortality-crisis-international-comparison 

March of Dimes

https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/about-us 

Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC)

https://www.meacschools.org/ 

Monitoring Baby’s Heart Rate During Labor

https://familydoctor.org/monitoring-babys-heart-rate-labor/ 

Mucus Plug

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/21606-mucus-plug

Nasal Cannula

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/25187-nasal-cannula 

National Midwifery Institute

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