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American College of Nurse Midwives
https://midwife.org/)
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
https://www.acog.org/)
Birth Centers Offer Potential to Transform Maternity Care Through Community-Led Approaches that Focus on Families of Color
https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/08/19/birth-centers-offer-potential-to-transform-maternity-care-through-community-led-approaches-that-focus-on-families-of-color/)
CDC, Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2023
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2023/maternal-mortality-rates-2023)
CDC, Working Together to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality
https://www.cdc.gov/womens-health/features/maternal-mortality.html)
Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice: https://blackmaternalhealth.tufts.edu/)
Comparative Analysis of Therapeutic Showers and Bathtubs for Pain Management and Labor Outcomes—A Retrospective Cohort Study
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/)
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https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/fetal-heart-monitoring)
Fundal Height
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diagnostics/22294-fundal-height)
Health Equity Among Black Women in the United States
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8020496/)
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https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/investigates/state-investigating-dallas-birth-center-midwives-following-multiple-complaints-from-patients/287-ea77eb18-c637-44d4-aaa2-fe8fd7a2fcef)
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)
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Zucker School of Medicine, Amos Grunebaum, MD
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