What’s a doula? The beautiful and brilliant Latham Thomas is on a mission to help women take charge of their bodies, their pregnancies, their birth experiences, and their sexualities. In this episode Latham shares what it’s like to guide women through one of the most intimate and profound events of their lives. We also learn about America’s black maternal health crisis: in our country, African American women are 3 – 4 times more likely to die during delivery than white women.