Your Story Shapes Safer Care
Your birthing experience matters.
When mamas share their stories, hospitals listen and care gets better for every Black mama who comes after you.
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What Black Mamas and Providers Said: 2025 Birthing Experience Report
Black mamas asked for transparency and accountability in their care. Mama Certified listened. The Birthing Experience Study, led by Dr. Dorian Odems, brought together more than 240 Black women and birthing people and 10 hospital-based providers to share what care really looks like and what needs to change.
Together, mamas and providers named three things that need to change:
Structural Change
Systems and policies that shape how care is delivered need to be redesigned with Black mamas in mind.
Provider Training
Hospital staff need training that addresses bias, builds trust, and centers respectful care.
Patient Power
Black mamas deserve a real voice in decisions about their care, before, during, and after birth.
This report is more than numbers. It is a roadmap. Queens Village Hospital Advisory Boards are using the report to build real solutions with Black mamas at the center.
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