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Something Was Wrong

S23 E1: Built to Birth

Something Was Wrong

Broken Cycle Media | Wondery

True Crime, Education, Society & Culture

4.124.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

*Content warning: infant loss, birth trauma, medical trauma and neglect, death, pregnancy loss, mature content. 


*Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources   


*Sources:

American College of Nurse Midwives

https://midwife.org/ 


American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)

https://www.acog.org/ 


Gestational diabetes

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gestational-diabetes/symptoms-causes/syc-20355339 


Insights into the U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis: An International Comparison

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/jun/insights-us-maternal-mortality-crisis-international-comparison   


March of Dimes

https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/about-us 


Maternal Mortality, A National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Panel Report

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10863655/ 


Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2022

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2022/maternal-mortality-rates-2022.pdf 


Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC)

https://www.meacschools.org/ 


National Midwifery Institute

https://www.nationalmidwiferyinstitute.com/midwifery 


Neonatal mortality is more than tripled at planned out-of-hospital births attended by direct-entry midwives. Grunebaum, Amos et al. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Volume 222, Issue 1, S45. https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(19)31440-1/fulltext 


North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)

https://narm.org/ 


Placental abruption

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/placental-abruption/symptoms-causes/syc-20376458 


Preeclampsia

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/preeclampsia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355745 


Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Among Indigenous Women in the United States

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7012336/ 


State investigating Dallas birth center and midwives, following multiple complaints from patients

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/investigates/state-investigating-dallas-birth-center-midwives-following-multiple-complaints-from-patients/287-ea77eb18-c637-44d4-aaa2-fe8fd7a2fcef 


Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)

https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/ 



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Something Was Wrong is intended for mature audiences. This season contains discussions of medical

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negligence, birth trauma, and infant loss, which may be upsetting for

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some listeners. For a full content warning, sources, and resources, please visit the episode

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notes. Opinions shared by the guests of the show are their own, and do not necessarily

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