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EBB 395 - Postpartum Practices from African American Traditions with Shafia Monroe, Midwife and Author of Mothering the Mother

Evidence Based Birth® by Rebecca Dekker

Apr 22, 202647:28Health

Postpartum care wasn't always rushed, clinical, or isolating. In many African-American communities, the weeks after birth were treated as sacred time where families and communities gathered to care for the mother so she...

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EBB 395 - Postpartum Practices from African American Traditions with Shafia Monroe, Midwife and Author of Mothering the Mother is an episode from Evidence Based Birth® by Rebecca Dekker. Postpartum care wasn't always rushed, clinical, or is...

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Published Apr 22, 2026, 47:28 long, audio available.