In Oklahoma, Black families turn to doulas for better births [centerforhealthjournalism.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 1/5/223:14 PM

By Kassie McClung, Photo: The Frontier, Center for Health Journalism, December 6, 2021

Laughter filled the living room of Carmen and Daniel Gibson’s second-floor apartment in Tulsa as they practiced swaddling a baby doll, gently wrapping it in a white blanket.

Their doula, Ashlee Wilson, sat nearby and offered advice and words of encouragement.

“So, the first thing is, it doesn’t have to be perfect, right,” Wilson said as Daniel carefully crossed a corner of the blanket over the doll.

“A real baby will be moving around,” he said.

“Yeah, but look how swaddled she is,” Wilson said. “She looks so good and comfy. That’s a good fold.”

Wilson is a doula with the Tulsa Birth Equity Initiative, a new program of the George Kaiser Family Foundation that’s working to address maternal health disparities in the city.

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