A New Story About A Prince George's County Business Owner- Issue #44

New Story

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Yesterday, The Intersection dropped (published) a new story about Tamoyia Ragsdale-Hashim, a Prince George's County doula and business owner. Ragsdale-Hashim designed a business that helps to care for families during the postpartum period. This article is not only about what she hopes to accomplish through her business - but also about her traumatic experience birthing her last child. Read about how this business owner made it through. There is also a policy solution in this article.

Excerpt:

"She became delusional. Inwardly, she was blanketed by this paralyzing fear that someone had swapped her child for another at birth. Sometimes, she believed that her newborn daughter wasn’t the one she carried within her body for nine months."

You can read the rest here. Click on the link below. *Photography by Roy Cox.

Tamoyia Ragsdale-Hashim, a long-time birth advocate and doula, has opened a business, partially, to address the needs of women in DC, Maryland, and Virginia who struggle with mental health issues during the postpartum period.