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Finding therapy when you’re Black, pregnant, and depressed – Business Insider
After two years of fertility treatment, Jacquelynn Kerubo was ecstatic to be pregnant. But her pregnancy complications took her by surprise.
A few months ago and early in my pregnancy, I found myself alone in a hospital roompartners weren’t allowed, due to Covid restrictionshooked up to an IV and suddenly overwhelmed with fear.
They couldn’t find room for me on the maternity unit, so I’d been taken to one of the general floors. Would I get Covid here in the hospital? My mind rushed ahead. Black women like me were eight times more likely than white women to die while giving birth. Would I lose my baby? I was scared and desperate and…
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