More than one-third of all U.S. counties are maternity care deserts — meaning they lack obstetric providers, hospitals or birth centers offering obstetric care — according to a March of Dimes report.
from maternal causes compared to the year before, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. After a spike during the pandemic, preliminary data suggests the number of maternal deaths began dropping in 2022, but numbers are still higher than experts would advise.
"We don't have a hospital. We don't have an emergency room. The nearest hospital was about 15, 20 miles away, give or take," Stribling told ABC News. There are no obstetric providers in more than 50 counties in Mississippi, according to Rachael Morris, a maternal fetal medicine specialist at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. She and her team have been trying to fill the gap by training hundreds of first responders in parts of the state that lack maternal care on what to do if there's an emergency.
At 38 years old, Dominique Armour is considered to be of advanced maternal age. She's 8 months pregnant with her tenth child, putting her in a high-risk category. She told ABC News this will be her fourth time driving across state lines, from Arkansas to Mississippi, to give birth because of limited options.
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