INCOMING!!! That is what I think every time I see a notification that @Doctor_Midwife is live on Instagram. I told her once, "I must admit... I LOVE your disappearing IG LIVES... Everytime I think about it, I think to myself, "This woman blows up the world EVERYDAY and 24 hours later there is no evidence that she threw the grenade!"  Don't let her bubbly personality fool you. Every time she opens her mouth, you can expect to hear something that is informative, but also challenging to those content in their lack of regard for the urgency of Black women's situation.

Topics discussed:

• First Impressions of the Female Body

• Being Informed about Sexuality

• Unnecessary Invasions of Womanhood

• Experiences in Labor & Delivery

• Representation in Midwifery within Communities

• Covert "Violence" in Maternity Care

• Challenges to Finding Preceptors for Black Women

• Going WHEREVER It Takes

• Using Your Strength to INTERRUPT

• Focusing on BLACK

• Confirming "the call" in Alabama

• "Doctor Midwife: At Your Cervix" Podcast

• Answering the Call to Birth

• Modern Challenges in Birth Culture

• The Responsibility to Educate Yourself

See the original blogpost at http://www.drdoula.com/aa-birth-herstory-traditions/using-your-superpower-to-change-birth-culture-for-black-women-and-disrupt-a-broken-system