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She went to the hospital to have her baby. Now her husband is raising two kids alone

She went to the hospital to have her baby. Now her husband is raising two kids alone

She went to the hospital to have her baby. Now her husband is raising two kids alone

"We walked in for what we expected to be the happiest day of our life. And we walked straight into a nightmare."

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'I was doing my best to fight to stay alive' 11Alive Anchor opens up about terrifying baby delivery

"My body felt like they were playing the board game operation when they were giving me the epidural," Shiba described

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Why childbirth is a death sentence for many black moms

For every 13 white women who die during pregnancy or within one year of giving birth, there are 44 black women. Most of these deaths are preventable.

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'A river of blood:' A mom describes her near-death experience in the delivery room

She watched her daughter turn ghostly pale during childbirth; her lips were purple.

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American moms are dying in childbirth. What you can do about it

There are three things any mom can do to help stay safe from pregnancy through the first year after delivery.

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Efforts to reduce maternal mortality stalled on Capitol Hill

The statistics are alarming, especially for black women.

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Virginia mom: 'I never knew that women could go into the hospital and not come out'

Pregnancy-related deaths are increasing in the U.S., more than any other country in the developed world. Here in Virginia, black women are dying at a rate nearly two and a half times that of white women.

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She'll be back in 15 minutes, the doctor said. He never saw his wife alive again

"We walked in for what we expected to be the happiest day of our life. We walked straight into a nightmare."

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Delivery room nightmare: Her daughter turned ghostly pale; her lips were purple

They missed the warning signs. She almost died.

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Maternity to morgue: Why black mothers are dying

"Black women are three to four more times more likely to die than white women in the United States. And the only difference is the color of one's skin."

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She was released from the hospital after giving birth. Days later, she almost died

"I'm so happy I listened to my body because if I stayed home, it might not have been the same outcome."

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American moms are dying in childbirth

The numbers are shocking, but there are three things any mom can do to help stay safe from pregnancy through the first year after delivery.

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Childbirth almost killed this congresswoman. Now she wants to make sure it doesn't happen to another mother.

The congresswoman is drawing attention to Black Maternal Health Week.

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Congresswoman Lucy McBath shares near death experience after giving birth to son

She is drawing attention to Black Maternal Health Week.

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She was released from the hospital after giving birth. Days later, she almost died

"I'm so happy I listened to my body because if I stayed home, it might not have been the same outcome."

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WEATHERING | The effects of racism on pregnant mothers

It's something African American women have known for ages, but now science has given it a name.

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