Zakiya's birth story: Team supports mom and premature son through complications

Zakiya Moton arrived at the Family Birth Center hoping the pain she felt was not labor contractions. Yet, before she and her husband Keyanta knew it, Baby Kahari was on his way — more than three months before his due date.

Fortunately, our high-risk pregnancy and neonatal care team has years of unmatched experience supporting families like the Motons. With mom and baby in the hands of experts, the family remained confident in our team's ability to handle the complications they experienced during and after Kahari's birth.

Zakiya Moton arrived at the Family Birth Center hoping the pain she felt was not labor contractions. Yet, before she and her husband Keyanta knew it, Baby Kahari was on his way — more than three months before his due date.

Fortunately, our high-risk pregnancy and neonatal care team has years of unmatched experience supporting families like the Motons. With mom and baby in the hands of experts, including Sarosh Rana, MD, MPH, and Sudhir Sriram, MD, the family remained confident in our team's ability to handle the complications they experienced during and after Kahari's birth.

Mother and newborn baby skin to skin in the Family Birth Center

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