*Content warning: infant loss, birth trauma, medical trauma and neglect, death, pregnancy loss, mature content.
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*Sources:
American College of Nurse Midwives
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
Gestational diabetes
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gestational-diabetes/symptoms-causes/syc-20355339
Insights into the U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis: An International Comparison
March of Dimes
https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/about-us
Maternal Mortality, A National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Panel Report
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10863655/
Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2022
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2022/maternal-mortality-rates-2022.pdf
Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC)
National Midwifery Institute
https://www.nationalmidwiferyinstitute.com/midwifery
Neonatal mortality is more than tripled at planned out-of-hospital births attended by direct-entry midwives. Grunebaum, Amos et al. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Volume 222, Issue 1, S45. https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(19)31440-1/fulltext
North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)
Placental abruption
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/placental-abruption/symptoms-causes/syc-20376458
Preeclampsia
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/preeclampsia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355745
Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Among Indigenous Women in the United States
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7012336/
State investigating Dallas birth center and midwives, following multiple complaints from patients
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)
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