{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/40b1fe0a-b3ca-428a-8cb1-91c25138368c/52b1961e-8b19-4f72-8d3e-8d88cfbdfa8c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Whitney’s Journey: From Planned Homebirth to Preemie Birth","description":"<p>On this episode of Birthright, Kimberly Seals Allers interviews Whitney Robinson, a design-loving product manager and mother of four. As with her other children, Whitney planned a home birth, but 25-weeks into her pregnancy she went into premature labor and, with her husband and support team, she was determined to turn the unthinkable into an unapologetically Black experience.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources/References:</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Stark racial disparities exist in pre-term births. For example, in 2019, the rate of preterm birth among African-American women (14.4%) was about 50 percent higher than the rate of preterm birth among white or Hispanic women (9.3% and 10% respectively). Source: <a href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/pretermbirth.htm#:~:text=Additionally%2C%20racial%20and%20ethnic%20differences,%25%20and%2010%25%20respectively).\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">CDC: Reproductive Health&nbsp;</a></li><li>Learn more about having a safe and empowered birth by downloading the free ebook: Birth with Irth: A Mini-Manual to Pregnancy and Childbirth for Black People&nbsp;</li><li>Get full episode details and transcripts (posted by midday) on <a href=\"http://www.birthrightpodcast.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.BirthrightPodcast.com</a>&nbsp;</li><li>New episodes are released every other Wednesday! Subscribe now!&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Follow Kimberly Seals Allers on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/iamKSealsAllers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a> on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/iamksealsallers/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a>: @iamKSealsAllers&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Birthright is funded by the <a href=\"https://www.chcf.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">California Health Care Foundation</a>.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Kimberly Seals Allers"}