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Race, Identity and Motherhood: Naomi's story
What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights
English - May 13, 2022 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsParenting Kids & Family Education pregnancy birth post partum depression placenta motherhood birth stories Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: An Unexpectedly Easy Pregnancy: Lisa's Story
Today's guest, like many of us, encountered some unexpected twists and turns at the delivery that were challenging to manage in the moment. But the focus of the story she shares today is about race and identity--she gives us a sense of what it's like to live in the world both as a daughter who doesn't resemble her father, and as a mother who doesn't superficially look like her son...what assumptions people make and share and what these assumptions suggest about how we define motherhood.
for extended show notes, see: https://warstoriesfromthewomb.com/