Black maternal and infant health gaps in NC called a public health crisis

Before she became a Wake County commissioner, Shinica Thomas was a 23-year-old military wife, pregnant with her first child.

“My son, Eli, was breeched,” she said. “I ended up having a C-section, and for a week after that, I was constantly vomiting and dry heaving. My blood pressure skyrocketed, and we ended up having to send our baby home with my husband, Raymond.”

When her blood pressure finally came down, she was sent home with questions left unanswered…

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