Charles S. Johnson IV Instagram – For all women, the journey of pregnancy comes with a unique set of concerns. There’s stress about how your body will change. There’s anxiety around everything you do (or maybe don’t do) to help grow and nurture a healthy baby. Prenatal care providers listen for baby’s heartbeat, measure amniotic fluid and monitor fetal growth, but simply checking these things off a list isn’t always enough. The goal of a healthy pregnancy is to deliver a healthy baby; what seems less obvious is that healthy babies need healthy moms too. If you’re a Black expectant mom, you’re three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women, according to the American Medical Association. Although there are no decisive reasons for the depths of this disparity, studies support that implicit bias and racism play a major role in the care soon-to-be Black moms receive. #TheBump | 🎥: @destiniliann 🔁 @thebump