Open in app

Sign In

Write

Sign In

Amy Romano
Amy Romano

1.1K Followers

Home

About

Published in Apparently

·Pinned

Let’s Midwife the System

Honestly, it may be our only hope. — We need a new maternity care system in the United States. The one we have is irreparably broken, scarred by a history steeped in misogyny and white supremacy, where women’s bodies have been subject to involuntary experimentation, obstetric violence, and a parade of interventions proven to cause harm only after decades of being hailed as standard practice — interventions ranging from…

Maternal Health

4 min read

Let’s Midwife the System
Let’s Midwife the System
Maternal Health

4 min read


Jan 2

The harms we never learn about

Only after I became obsessed with Makena did I rethink my own history, and the tumor we always thought was a random fluke. After the traumatic preterm birth of my sister and the death of her twin in 1973, my parents were relieved when I was born full term and…

Patient Safety

8 min read

The harms we never learn about
The harms we never learn about
Patient Safety

8 min read


May 5, 2020

Midwives in Transition

This is the dark stuff, just before the light. Then comes growth. I don’t think midwives knew quite what we were in for when the World Health Organization declared 2020 the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. I, for one, imagined it would be a relatively easy year for…

Midwives

3 min read

Midwives in Transition
Midwives in Transition
Midwives

3 min read


Apr 8, 2020

Why We Need Medicare For All Pregnancies

The time for policy action is now. As we think about how to rebuild from whatever depths the COVID-19 crisis will bring us, I would like to propose Medicare for All Pregnancies as a policy priority. Here’s why. Even before COVID-19, the need to fix maternity care in the United…

Medicare For All

6 min read

Why We Need Medicare For All Pregnancies
Why We Need Medicare For All Pregnancies
Medicare For All

6 min read


Oct 27, 2019

Why aren’t we more skeptical of progesterone for preventing preterm birth?

The research is weak. The industry is corrupt. And there are alternatives that work. I recently got curious about what ever happened with Makena, the once controversial but now mainstream progesterone drug that promises to prevent preterm birth. My curiosity turned out to be timely. …

Healthcare

9 min read

Why aren’t we more skeptical of progesterone for preventing preterm birth?
Why aren’t we more skeptical of progesterone for preventing preterm birth?
Healthcare

9 min read


May 7, 2017

Five videos to watch if you’re new to maternity care advocacy

For years it has been my full time job to think about how to transform and improve maternity care, so my only challenge when deciding to March for Moms this Mother’s Day is which of the myriad possible things to put on my sign and t-shirt. But if you’re new…

Marchformoms

3 min read

Five videos to watch if you’re new to maternity care advocacy
Five videos to watch if you’re new to maternity care advocacy
Marchformoms

3 min read


Mar 4, 2017

When insurance is a privilege

My parents *almost* didn’t have maternity coverage with their first pregnancy. If they hadn’t, it would have ruined them financially, and there’s a chance our family would have been in poverty, at least temporarily. There’s also a chance my sister wouldn’t have survived her birth. But they had insurance, so…

Obamacare

3 min read

When insurance is a privilege
When insurance is a privilege
Obamacare

3 min read


Nov 12, 2016

May the odds be ever in our favor

When my daughter was in 5th grade, her response to the growing conflict around her was to retreat from the drama, stay quiet, and read. For most of that year she was reading and rereading The Hunger Games. I knew nothing about The Hunger Games except that kids were fighting…

The Hunger Games

2 min read

May the odds be ever in our favor
May the odds be ever in our favor
The Hunger Games

2 min read


Nov 8, 2016

Mother-in-chief

A lot has been said about the fact that we are on the brink of electing the first woman to be President. But I have been thinking more about electing the first mother. Motherhood can be defined in as many different ways as there are people on this planet. But…

Motherhood

2 min read

Mother-in-chief
Mother-in-chief
Motherhood

2 min read


Jan 3, 2016

The case for care model innovation in maternity care

Almost any way we look at it, maternal and infant health outcomes in the United States are far worse than they should be. Our infant mortality rate is on par with Poland, our maternal death rate just above Iran. We’re one of just eight countries in the world with rising…

Health

5 min read

Health

5 min read

Amy Romano

Amy Romano

1.1K Followers

Midwifing the system. CEO at Primary Maternity Care. www.primarymaternitycare.com

Following
  • The Good Men Project

    The Good Men Project

  • Jenn M. Wilson

    Jenn M. Wilson

  • Elle Kaplan

    Elle Kaplan

  • Tim O'Brien

    Tim O'Brien

  • Katherine Taylor

    Katherine Taylor

See all (550)

Help

Status

Writers

Blog

Careers

Privacy

Terms

About

Text to speech