Fort Worth Birthing Project

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Several studies have linked lack of social relationships with decreasing health. It is our hope that bringing high risk pregnant women into a circle of other women to support them will increase their health status.

Several studies have linked stress to decreased health and even producing early involuntary labor for pregnant women. Stress increases the secretion of adrenaline and cortisol by the adrenal glands, which then flood the body.When the load (allostatic load) becomes overburdened, damage occurs to the body. Damage produces infection in the body and when an overload of infection enters the uterus, the baby aborts.We try to reduce all stress factors to increase the birth outcomes of our babies by providing emotional support and removing their barriers to care.

Several studies have linked poverty and social class to decreased health and higher infant mortality rates. We try to increase the self-awareness and self-esteem of our moms to decrease the environmental and societal factors that affect them. A circle of 10 women provide much love and affection to our moms while helping her discover her own strength so that we don't leave her vulnerable.

"Pregnant women are especially vulnerable to battering, which may result in fetal injury, miscarriage, hemorrhage, and low birth weight. Approximately one-quarter of women seeking prenatal care are abused by their partners." (American Medical Association 1992). Most abuse towards women starts after they become pregnant. "Women who have suffered violence use more health care than other women". (Koss, Koss, and Woodruff 1991).

We talk to our moms about past and present abuse so that they will know what an abuser looks like. This helps them protect their babies in the future. And also, sometimes helps remove their barriers to breastfeeding and bonding with their children.