8 Birth Stories From Black Women That Will Fill You With Tears
Birthing as a queer Black woman with a nonbinary wife in Arkansas can be really terrifying.
Our baby was born 20 minutes after I arrived at the birth center with one push, and was greeted by their ecstatic siblings. "I decided no way in hell did I carry this blessing for what was more than 10 months to risk losing her in the next two days because I didn’t want to be cut open. I took a deep breath, called a couple of relatives who are medical doctors, spoke to my parents, and prayed.
"This baby would be my last. And the joy that filled the room when the monitor indicated a girl was mine too. So as my ankles swelled and my skin stretched over my rounding belly again, Soon, my spacious delivery room was ready and the nurses wheeled me in to greet an answered prayer: a Black midwife who had just started her shift.
My husband and I shared a defining moment in that hospital room. It was like finding our missing piece, abruptly, joyously.
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