'I was in pain. I was invisible and no one was listening to me,' Brittany Turner said recalling her birthing experience.
"These disparities and health concerns or increased health burdens occur for Black women no matter what our economic status is," said Dr. Keisha Bentley-Edwards with Duke University's Samuel Dubois Cook Center on Social Equity.
Experts call maternal and infant mortality a public health crisis. Edwards shared critical solutions in the form of doulas and advocates for women that she believes could help turn the tide. "They're like why do we keep bringing up all these bad news? It's because the news hasn't changed. We need to keep talking about it until we can get these numbers down," she said.
Today Turner's youngest son Brayden is almost two years old. While she would like more children, it's a risk she's not willing to take.Copyright © 2023 WTVD-TV. All Rights Reserved.
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