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The Real Cost of Motherhood with Elaine Welteroth

2025/5/7
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Vivian Tu: 我最近经历了生育旅程，并发现生育不仅费时费力，而且非常危险且昂贵。许多朋友也正在计划生育，这让我意识到生育的挑战。 Elaine Welteroth: 我创立了Birth Fund，旨在通过资助助产护理来解决孕产妇死亡危机。我的怀孕经历很艰难，在寻找合适的护理人员方面遇到了许多挑战，这让我意识到美国孕产保健系统的缺陷。我转向助产护理，这是一种整体的生育护理方式，在其他高收入国家是默认的生育护理模式，它更注重女性的整体健康和舒适度，减少不必要的医疗干预。在家分娩的经历让我感到非常赋权，这与我在医院经历的完全不同。 我创立Birth Fund 的初衷是帮助更多家庭获得助产护理，因为我知道这是解决孕产妇死亡危机的有效方法。美国80%的孕产妇死亡是可以预防的，而助产护理可以有效降低孕产妇死亡率。虽然我们需要改变法律、系统和保险制度，但母亲和家庭现在就需要支持。Birth Fund 已经筹集了300万美元，帮助许多家庭获得了助产护理，我们不会停止努力。 Vivian Tu: 美国缺乏结构性支持，例如产假和托儿支持，以及学校安全问题，这使得鼓励生育变得不合理。政府应该提供更多支持，而不是颁发奖章。养育孩子的成本非常高昂，几乎没有父母能够做好充分的准备。

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On this week’s episode of Networth and Chill, I’m sitting down with Elaine Welteroth. The former Teen Vogue Editor-in-Chief and Project Runway judge pulls back the curtain on her groundbreaking venture, birthFUND, a nonprofit dedicated to helping reduce the maternal mortality rate in the United States. Elaine shares how personal experiences led her to create birthFUND and why giving birth in this country can be so darn expensive! Plus, she lets us know what’s next for her and why birthFUND is at the heart of her mission. 

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