EPISODE MENTIONS
Check here for links to things mentioned in NATAL episodes.
ONE: MYESHIA’S STORY (April 22, 2020)
In this episode, we mention:
NPR: California cuts its maternal mortality rate in half (article)
Romper: CA Senator Holly J. Mitchell's bias training bill (article)
Vogue: California as a "global reproductive technology hub" (article)
Postpartum preeclampsia (website)
Sisters in Loss (podcast)
TWO: ROOTS OF THE BLACK BIRTHING CRISIS (May 6, 2020)
In this episode, we mention:
Dr. Joia Crear Perry (Twitter) of the National Birth Equity Collaborative (website)
Dr. Mimi Niles (twitter) of The Birth Place Lab (website)
Healing Circle (podcast)
THREE: MIKAH AND CECILIA’S STORIES (May 20, 2020)
In this episode, we mention:
MSNBC: The Depo-Provera shot (article)
Intrauterine Devices (IUDs) (website)
Birth Stories in Color (podcast)
A MESSAGE FROM NATAL (June 3, 2020)
In this episode, we mention three organizations whose work you should support:
#FreeBlackMamas (Facebook)
Survived & Punished (website)
LGBTQ Freedom Fund (website)
FOUR: SHELLIE’S STORY (June 10, 2020)
In this episode, we mention:
Dr. Sinmi Bamgbose of Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Postpartum depression (website) and reproductive psychiatry
Mind Over Melanin (podcast)
CROSSPOST: KALALEA’S STORY (June 24, 2020)
This episode originally aired on KCRW's Bodies podcast. In this episode, we mention:
Fibroids (website)
NPR: Weathering (article)
FIVE: MARILYN & YVONNE’S STORIES (July 8, 2020)
In this episode, we mention:
Miscarriage (website)
Stillbirth and Sleeping Babies (website)
Black Millennial Marriage (podcast)
For resources for coping with pregnancy loss, visit:
Still Birth Day (website)
Sisters in Loss (website)
The Mayo Clinic (website)
CDC (website)
NATAL Resource Hub (website)
SIX: BRITTANY’S STORY (July 22, 2020)
In this episode, we mention:
Midwives (website)
Birthing Centers (website)
Demetra Seriki of A Mother’s Choice Midwifery (website)