Colorado doulas work to improve maternal health for individuals of color
AURORA, Colo. — For the first several years Birdie Johnson worked as a doula, she worked with an agency that had a thorough resource system: they had a lactation person on call, yoga classes and massage services that she could easily refer people to. But Johnson said that she did not serve a single family […]
A Black Women Led Wellness Center In Aurora Is Educating Black Moms About The Maternity Process
A new study published by the CDC found that Black women are dying at an alarming rate from complications in childbirth, but one Black women-led wellness center out of Aurora, Colorado is working tirelessly to change the growing issue. The Mama Bird Maternity Wellness Spa offers a number of services to help women of color […]
Meet the Black doulas in Colorado who are hoping to save Black mothers one deep breath at a time
“Black women are dying at an extremely high rate in the hospital system because of educational racism.” When Shelby Irvin gave birth to her first child in a Colorado Springs hospital in 2014, she said her experience was terrible. From the doctors to the nurses, Irvin found no comfort in the cold hospital system — […]
Colorado Access: Black Maternal/Infant Health and Mortality
“We want to improve the outcomes for Black birthing health in our community. All birthing persons and their birthing families should feel safe, respected and fully confident in the high quality, culturally responsive care they access and receive. We are committed to taking small steps toward the big changes needed to repair and shift systematically […]
Aurora woman opens maternity wellness spa for black women
AURORA, Colo. — A federal report shows that there’s been a slight uptick of women dying in childbirth in recent years in the U.S. The numbers are shockingly high in one community: Black women are dying in childbirth at a rate three times the rate of white women. That’s why an Aurora woman says she’s […]
