When It Comes To Amplifying And Improving Black Maternal Health, ‘It’s About Intention’

“I could have died,” says Nzinga Shaw, reflecting on her experience having an ectopic pregnancy (a condition wherein a fertilized egg implants itself outside the uterus). Shaw was given two methotrexate shots to stop the growth of the fertilized egg, thus terminating her pregnancy before a life-threatening internal rupture occurred.

Shaw, who now has three children, remembers the emotionally taxing experience like it was yesterday. She says she’ll also never forget the cold manner in which she was treated by her doctor. “It felt very transactional—not loving or kind,” she remembers. For her next pregnancy, Shaw says, “I made the purposeful decision to switch to a Black woman OB/GYN.”

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