Ebonie Megibow and Carl Megibow
Recorded
June 8, 2023
Archived
June 8, 2023
42:36 minutes
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Id:
ddd001906
Description
Ebonie Megibow (29) and her husband, Carl Megibow (34), talk about Ebonie’s experiences with medical racism and ableism during her pregnancy.Subject Log / Time Code
Ebonie (E) and Carl (C) share how they met and remember their first date.
E shares how her path to working in healthcare.
E discusses the discrepancies in healthcare that she has experienced, particularly in mental health services. This story mentions suicide.
E begins to discuss her experience with pregnancy complications and miscarriages.
C remembers how losing his job at this time impacted him and E’s health.
E continues describing her pregnancy complications and how her healthcare providers treated her.
E remembers being at risk of preeclampsia, and considers how medical racism affected her experiences and Black women in general.
E talks about how her son was in a breach position, advocating for herself, and how a white doctor reacted to her self-advocacy.
E discusses getting closer to having a medical emergency before and after getting a c-section.
E says her life was saved by her Black doctor. She reflects on her experiences of medical racism and mental health stigma.
E shares the public health reform policies she wants to see regarding doctors and hospitals that repeatedly fail Black patients.
Participants
- Ebonie Megibow
- Carl Megibow