Obstetrics

From the Appendix of Anatomy of a Self-Hating Black Woman | On Medium my story is published in a series, click here to download my full narrative. Please Sign My Petition https://chng.it/Cv27KJZY What is Obstetric Violence? Encourage leaders across the country to create specific legal remedies that address Obstetric &…

I’ve read a lot of physician memoirs and there are a lot of good ones out there. Most of them are written by interns and residents who share many heart wrenching and heartwarming tales of training in and around the hospital wards. There are excellent volumes penned by general surgeons…

“In the US, 1 in 7 mothers suffer from PMADs and more than 50% don’t get the treatment they need.” Our country is facing a maternal mental health crisis. Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders which are often referred to as PMADs, such as postpartum depression, are the number one complication…

In August 2006, a baby girl was born. I became intimately involved in her life in a way that would forever change me and my view of the world. As a busy Obstetrician/Gynecologist, I arrived early at work that day. With some 15 patients to see before I was to…

The Case for S.32 Health Force Bill I remember thinking of the song “Yakety Sax’’ when I saw the nurses rushing into my delivery room. My birth had gone sideways — I could tell by the sheet-white color of my nurse’s face. It felt like a comically large number of…