By India Espy-Jones & Akili King ·Updated May 9, 2024
Like many Black birthing people, Carol’s Daughter founder Lisa Price unfortunately didn’t have great birth experiences. “I didn’t have birth experiences that nearly took my life, but they definitely weren’t pleasant and they didn’t go as planned,” she shares with ESSENCE. And with Black women three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than White women, and with 60% of those