Here’s what it was like to have an all-black birthing team
To help increase the odds of quality care, many people search far and wide for doctors that look like them. Doing so can help alleviate birthing anxiety and increase positive birth outcomes.
After moving from Durham, NC to Knoxville, TN, Cebert Gaitors was on a mission to find a Black OB/GYN that would give her the level of care and attention she rightfully deserved. Initially, Cebert Gaitors took to private Facebook groups specifically seeking a Black OB/GYN. Her request was met with white women recommending white doctors, emphasizing their great experiences. But Cebert Gaitors knew her level of care would differ from theirs.
“They were making a big deal about this beautiful couple going through this beautiful birth,” Welch-Charles said. “Because they don’t see that a lot. The nurses do not. I mean, we see it every day, all day, all the revolving door of the white couples who come in loving, you know, doting on one another supporting each other right there every step of the way. But we don’t see that a lot with our own race.
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