Birthing in Our Community is a wholistic support program for mothers with Blak babies that is making waves in southern Queensland.
In October 2018, Tina Lonesborough was ten weeks pregnant, and living in a difficult situation. "I had to leave a very bad DV relationship," the Yuin woman told NITV. "I was in a homeless shelter wasn't culturally appropriate. It was run by white German people that wouldn't even allow my midwives to come visit me. "They wouldn't allow shopping to be delivered. You had to walk five kilometres from the shop with your own shopping.
In a study conducted between 2013-2019, 1988 women pregnant with Indigenous babies were offered either standard care or the BiOC service. In that time 944 women received BiOC care while 1044 women received standard care. Thirty-one women who received standard care had their babies removed by child protection services at birth, while only nine of the women who received BiOC care had their babies removed.
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