Episode 24: Birth without bias

Today in the cafe we speak with award-winning journalist Kimberly Seals Allers about Irth, the app she created to help Black and brown women and birthing people have a more safe and empowered pregnancy and parenting experience by allowing them to see how other parents of color experienced care at a doctor or hospital. She shares with us her motivation for creating Irth, a little about what the data they have collected in the app has revealed thus far and gives tips on how to advocate during the birthing process. Hint: it should begin long before you arrive at the hospital! About Kimberly Seals Allers Kimberly Seals Allers is an award-winning journalist, five-time author, international speaker and strategist for maternal and infant health. A former senior editor at ESSENCE and writer at FORTUNE magazine, Kimberly is a leading voice on birth, breastfeeding and motherhood at the intersection of race, class and policy. She is the founder of Irth, (as in Birth but without the B for bias), the first-of-its-kind “Yelp-like” review and rating app for Black and brown women and birthing people to leave and find reviews of Ob/GYNs, hospitals, and pediatricians as a digital tool to address bias and racism in care and bring transparency and accountability to the medical system. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @iamKSealsAllers Learn more at www.KimberlySealsAllers.com , www.IrthApp.com and www.BirthrightPodcast.com. Follow @theIrthApp on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. From the announcements section: Register for my webinar on Key Elements of the Patient Provider Relationship https://my.demio.com/ref/rceah9MzOsFTHqYq The Good Health Candle Company www.goodhealthcandle.com @goodhealthcandle on IG and FB The Good Health Cafe Feedback Form https://www.thegoodhealthcafe.com/submit-your-question @thegoodhealthcafe on IG and FB