In an interview with British Vogue, a 33-year-old model said:
We have decided on domestic birth due to concerns about the negative outcomes of childbirth for black women in America. According to statistics, the risk of death associated with pregnancy is more than three times higher for black women than for white women. And it seems to me, indicates systemic racism.
In April of this year, the couple welcomed the newborn daughter. Jody notes that the decision to give birth at home not only by the way during a pandemic, but also allowed her to be during childbirth with her husband. The fact is that in the conditions of Quarantine in the United States, relatives were banned by present in childbirth, and it frightened many women.
We did not expect at all that the presence of outsiders in the maternity ward will be banned in hospitals across the country, forcing mothers to give birth without supporting loved ones. Birth at home provided me with what absolutely every woman deserves: complete freedom of action during childbirth and support for a loved one,
- said Jody. According to her, Joshua has always been with her and from the very beginning he swore "not to miss a single moment of her pregnancy."
And he did not miss
- The Turner-Smith noted with pride.