Ep 2: The US Healthcare System Fails to Provide Emotional Care for Pregnancy

Trigger warning: This audio documentary contains uncensored language and raw content, presented in the context of real-life stories including topics such as miscarriage and suicide. 

Despite the fact that many pregnant Americans are having emotional experiences that deserve care, the healthcare system is doing very little to acknowledge or support the Invisible Weight. Chapter 2 of The Invisible Weight takes a cold, hard look at the systemic barriers throughout the US healthcare experience, including perspectives of those on Medicaid, and makes a case for more emotional care.

Featuring Sabia Wade (founder of For The Village, a non-profit doula service for low income and marginalized communities) and Wendy Cruz-Chan (certified doula, birth worker, and child educator), along with the firsthand experiences of research respondents who were brave enough to share. Special thanks to “M,” who shared her experience with us.

The Invisible Weight is hosted by Lindsey Wehking and is a production of Nonfiction Research, commissioned by Twill.

For more information about the research, visit theinvisibleweight.com

For more information about how Twill can support pregnant Americans, visit twill.health/pregnancy