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#Repost from @iyaomocare with @regram.app ... Let’s get up to speed family on how we can #improvebirth outcomes for black mothers and babies #blackmamasmatter #reproductivejustice #blacklivesmatter #postpartumhealth #africanmaternalhealth #healingblackbirth #chooseamidwife #freebirth #lovingtheblackbody #iyaomo

Meet Megan! Actually you already have met her. She submitted a photo for the #breakthesilence campaign in 2015. Listen to what she has to share about her recent birth. (Congratulations on the VBA3C!) . . . "This [See the second image on IG] is my Break the Silence photo, and I just wanted to update that nearly 2 years later, I just had a healing VBA3C. I found providers who respected my autonomy and right to informed consent and refusal. I was the first at this practice to have a trial of labor after 3 cesareans, as far as I know. I could tell it was a bit out of their comfort zone at times, but I was always respected every time I refused an intervention and when I eventually requested some. A relative told a doctor she met that I was planning to drive [a distance to another hospital], and this doctor said that wasn't necessary, that their practice would see me. She was was actually one of the attendings over the residency program at the hospital. I honestly would've never thought to try there on my own. I mainly saw her or the other attendings during my pregnancy. During labor the residents I previously met seemed so supportive as well, said they had been waiting for me, that they knew my goal was a VBAC, and that's what they wanted for me. Afterwards they said how excited they were for me. This great residency program makes me excited about the future of obstetrics - residents that were really highlighting patient autonomy. Hopefully more residency programs will follow suit. We have another teaching hospital nearby where I don’t think I would have even had a chance to attempt a VBAC. Following my last was such an emotional road to recovery that I even considered not having any more children. I'm so glad I didn't let that stop me! I'm so happy to have our fourth baby and finally a birth that doesn't make me feel sad, but empowered instead." - Megan in the southeastern U.S. #vbac #vba3c #respectfulcare #makeitthenorm #improvingbirth #improvebirth

FACT: You have the right to informed refusal, the right to refuse medical care and to decline options offered you during your pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum or any other phase of life. For more about evidence-based research, what the facts are, and your rights during childbirth: https://improvingbirth.org/evidencefactsrights #beinformed #improvebirth #improvingbirth

FACT: You have the right to informed consent when it comes to anything and everything offered you during your prenatal care, labor, birth, and postpartum. For more about evidence-based research, what the facts are, and your rights during childbirth: https://improvingbirth.org/evidencefactsrights #beinformed #improvebirth #improvingbirth

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