Why are black women four times more likely to die from childbirth?
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The Barriers to Accessing Care
She recalled her experience with her GP in the very early days of a planned pregnancy. The first time she went to the doctor, she had tested positive but had some light bleeding. I've often wondered if I had been from a different background would I have been taken more seriously. Although the miscarriage couldn't have been presented my mental health and trust in the doctors could have been improved. Even somebody like Serena Williams we know that when she gave birth despite the influential position that she is as a black mother her concerns were not listened to. What's happening here is that she's not being listened to.
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