EBB 161 - Addressing Maternity Bias and Infant Care with Irth app Founder, Kimberly Seals Allers

On today's podcast, I'm excited to talk with Kimberly Seals Allers. Kimberly is an award-winning journalist, five-time author, international speaker, strategist, and advocate for maternal and infant health. A former senior editor at Essence, and a writer at Fortune Magazine, Kimberly is a leading voice on the socio-cultural complexities of motherhood. Kimberly is also the founder of Irth , a new app to address bias in maternity and infant care. We talk about how Kimberly's new app, Irth , which addresses biased maternal care and cultural competency when serving marginalized communities. We also talk about the challenges Kimberly overcame after launching Irth . **Content Warning: We discuss racism/racial violence, Black maternal mortality, and infant mortality.** Learn more about Kimberly Seals Allers and the Irth app here ( https://birthwithoutbias.com/who-we-are ). Follow Kimberly Seals Allers on Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/iamKSealsAllers/ ) and Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/iamksealsallers/?hl=en ). Learn about Narrative Nation, Inc here ( https://wewriteus.org/ ). Learn more about Kimberly's books, "Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy" here ( https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-mocha-manual-to-a-fabulous-pregnancy-kimberly-seals-allers ) and "The Big Letdown: How Medicine, Big Business, and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding" here ( https://www.amazon.com/Big-Letdown-Medicine-Undermine-Breastfeeding/dp/1250026962 ). Learn more about Dr. Fleda Mask Jackson here ( https://drfledamjackson.com/ ). Learn more about Cristen Pascucci and Birth Monopoly here ( https://birthmonopoly.com/ ). Follow Birth Monopoly on Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/birthmonopoly/ ) and on Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/birthmonopoly/?hl=en ). Learn more about the California Healthcare Foundation here ( https://www.chcf.org/ ). Follow the California Healthcare Foundation on Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/chcfnews/ ) and Twitter ( https://twitter.com/chcfnews ). Learn more about the Tower Health Foundation here ( https://www.towerhealth.org/reading-hospital-foundation ). Learn more about the Grove Foundation here ( https://www.thegrovefoundation.org/ ). Learn more about the Kellogg Foundation here ( https://www.wkkf.org/ ). Follow the Kellogg Foundation on Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/KelloggFoundation ), Twitter ( https://twitter.com/wk_kellogg_fdn ), and Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/kelloggfoundation/ ). For more information and news about Evidence Based Birth®, visit www.ebbirth.com. Find us on Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/EvidenceBasedBirth/ ), Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/ebbirth/ ), and Pinterest ( https://www.pinterest.com/ebbirth/ ). Ready to get involved? Check out our Professional membership (including scholarship options) ( https://evidencebasedbirth.com/become-pro-member/ ). Find an EBB Instructor here ( https://evidencebasedbirth.com/find-an-instructor-parents/ ), and click here ( https://evidencebasedbirth.com/childbirth-class/ ) to learn more about the Evidence Based Birth® Childbirth Class.