Black Maternal Health: Action Items and Speaking up

On this episode of Black Moms Chat, Adanna Dill and Schnelle Acevedo partner with Powermom for the final episode of their mini-series.

Powermom is a community of pregnant people collecting and contributing important pregnancy-related health information through app-based surveys and wearable sensors. Together, they are working to reduce health disparities and learning more about what leads to healthy pregnancies and healthy babies for every pregnant person. 

On this episode, co-hosts Schnelle Acevedo and Adanna Dill discuss the CDC recommendations for pregnant people and their families, what healthcare workers, hospital systems and communities can do to ensure that Black pregnant people access equitable health care options. 

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On this episode of Black Moms Chat sponsored by Powermom. Dr. Lase Ajayi join co-hosts Adanna Dill and Schnelle Acevedo to share her experiences as a medical doctor and Black mother. She shares her own traumatic experience at the hospital where she practices medicine during her pregnancy, why she believed the overturning of Roe V. Wade is steeped in systemic racism. Her thoughts on home births vs hospital births and advice for Black women to advocate for themselves during their pregnancies.

About our guest:

Toluwalase "Lase" Ajayi is a palliative care physician and pediatrician. She is dedicated to expanding the benefits of palliative medicine across all ages, as well as improving communication with seriously ill patients. She has a strong interest in studying methods of improving communication between seriously ill patients and hospital teams, as well as investigating how palliative medicine can improve the quality of lives of patients with previously devastating pediatric disease who are now living well into adulthood. This group of patients includes, but is not limited to, those with congenital heart defects, cystic fibrosis, and hemoglobinopathies as well as survivors of pediatric cancers.

She currently serves as the medical director of palliative medicine at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego and is well published in her work with patients with serious illnesses. She completed medical school and residency at the University of Kansas and moved to San Diego for a fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Resources mentioned by Dr. Ajayi:

Black Mamas Alliance: https://blackmamasmatter.org

The Irth App:https://irthapp.com

Mae: https://meetmae.com

You can find Dr. Ajayi:

Twitter:

Follow Powermom:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/powermomscripps

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powermomscripps/

Book mentioned at beginning of episode:

Nobody's Magic by Destiny Birdstrong 

Black Motherhood in the Roe vs. Wade Aftermath.

On this episode of Black Moms Chat, Adanna Dill and Schnelle Acevedo partner with Powermom. 

Powermom is a community of pregnant people collecting and contributing important pregnancy-related health information through app-based surveys and wearable sensors. Together, they are working to reduce health disparities and learning more about what leads to healthy pregnancies and healthy babies for every pregnant person. Learn more about Powermom here.

The ladies discuss their thoughts on the overturning Roe v. Wade Aftermath, how this will affect Black mothers/women and more.

Black Moms We Stan: Support Penelope McCown's toddler luxury line, Cocoa Baby Love here. 

On this episode, Schnelle Acevedo and Adanna Dill discuss friendships. How their friendships have evolved over time, dealing with the end of a friendship, strained relationships, making mom friends and more. 

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This a replay from Black Moms Chat Season 2! On this episode, Adanna Dill and Schnelle Acevedo interview  Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist, Uchenna “Uche” Udobi.

Uchenna “Uche” Udobi shared ways parents can support children who are late talkers, advises on when to get kids an evaluation, what most people don't know about stuttering, potty training, and more. 

Uchenna Udobi,  is a certified Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) from Houston, TX and the founder of LittoLingo. A company designed to help parents grow their child's communication ability, decrease parental stress, while improving academic and social success. This is done by teaching parents how to create meaningful exchanges at home by improving their infants and toddlers language milestones timely via an online video series. She has close to 15 years of experience getting kids talking. For the last 2 years, she has been a member of the Language in Infants through Preschoolers Topic Committee, where she reviews and rates the latest evidence on language growth of children birth to 5. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, trying new restaurants, and listening to podcasts and audiobooks.

You can connect with our guest, Uche:

Website: https://littolingo.com

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/littolingo/

Courses https://littolingo.mykajabi.com/home

On this replay episode from season 2 of Black Moms Chat podcast, Adanna Dill and Schnelle Acevedo discuss parenting toddlers and their experience with the six toddlers they've cared for between them. 

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This replay from season one is all about body image! Adanna Dill and Schnelle Acevedo talks about body image. They share their personal body image stories, their thoughts on plastic surgery, the body positivity movement, wearing a swimsuit at any size and more.  Keep up with the ladies on Instagram! 

On this episode of Black Moms Chat, Adanna Dill and Schnelle Acevedo discuss getting back OUTSIDE this summer. Their summer travel plans, tips for traveling with little ones, how to take time out for you while traveling, how to create budget friendly experiences but still have a fun experience with our family, favorite destination and traveling while Black and  extra precautions taken in certain areas. 

Book, Adanna's reading Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson.

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We discuss infertility, IVF, creating supportive environments for Black women  experiencing infertility, infertility resources or support communities for Black women, and what self-care through IVF. 

About our guest: 

JoAnna Pendergrass, DVM, is a veterinarian and freelance medical writer. She earned her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Biology from Hampton University, then earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.

JoAnna is the founder and owner of JPen Communications, a medical communications company. Through her writing, she strives to close the gap between what the veterinarian says and what the pet parent understands. Her mission is to equip pet parents with the information they need to make good health decisions for their pets. 

 JoAnna and her husband are the proud parents of their infant son, Karl. They endured several years of infertility, experiencing two miscarriages and undergoing several rounds of IVF.

 JoAnna’s infertility journey profoundly affected her. She is passionate about sharing her journey and doing her part to break the shame, silence, and stigma surrounding infertility, especially among Black women.

Resources shared:

InfertilityIQ website https://www.fertilityiq.com

Daughters of Hannah Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/daughtersofhannah/

Daughters of Hannah Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannahsdaughters/

https://www.webmd.com

https://www.mayoclinic.org

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On this episode Adanna Dill and Schnelle Acevedo discuss social media, Instagram vs. Reality: The Highlight Reel Effect. 

They chat about their beginnings on social media. Curating content, Social media boundaries, oversharing and if curating social media weakens authenticity. 

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