Born Into

Every Pregnancy
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Every pregnancy should be safe, yet nearly 800 mothers die daily from preventable complications.  Brought to you by Every Pregnancy, a global coalition of health organizations, Born Into is a maternal health podcast that explores what needs to happen to make moms and babies safe worldwide. The show invites the world’s most dynamic thinkers, scientists, and advocates to share solutions to this critical issue. Born Into is hosted by Isra Chaker, a Syrian-American mother, activist, and CEO of Every Pregnancy. Isra’s empathetic worldview and track record of leadership lend the show’s serious subject matter an undeniable warmth and positivity. Subscribe now to hear the powerful stories transforming maternal health around the world.

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  1. Episode 1

    What Motherhood Looks Like Under Occupation: Miss Palestine Nadeen Ayoub | S2 E1

    Nadeen Ayoub made history as the first Miss Palestine at Miss Universe, then came home to a reality where Palestinian mothers give birth without clean water, without safe passage through checkpoints, without knowing if they'll survive. Nadeen refuses to let occupation define identity. This episode explores what it means to fight for every mother's dignity when your entire people are fighting for survival. Support Every Pregnancy: Follow Every Pregnancy on IG @everypregnancy  Subscribe to our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@everypregnancy Sign up for our newsletter: https://tr.ee/5pYbwVFo-J  Visit our website at: https://everypregnancy.org Disclaimer: The views expressed by our guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the hosts or producers.

  2. Episode 2

    When You Hold a Woman Back, You Hold a Nation Back: Humza Yousaf

    Humza Yousaf on why governments must treat maternal health as a strategic investment, not an afterthought. From Scotland's Baby Box and Best Start Grants to raising his own taxes to fund them, a conversation about what political leadership grounded in faith, empathy, and equity actually looks like in practice. Support Every Pregnancy: Follow Every Pregnancy on IG @everypregnancy  Subscribe to our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@everypregnancy Sign up for our newsletter: https://tr.ee/5pYbwVFo-J  Visit our website at: https://everypregnancy.org Disclaimer: The views expressed by our guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the hosts or producers.

  3. Episode 3

    From Damascus to London: Food, Dignity, and Giving Back with Imad Alarnab

    Imad Alarnab had a restaurant empire in Damascus. In six days, the Syrian war took it all. He fled with nothing, cooked for 400 refugees on church steps in Calais, and watched pregnant women make impossible journeys across borders. He never stopped cooking. This episode is about what it means to witness the vulnerability of mothers in crisis, and how one man's grief for his homeland became generosity toward the world, raising £450,000 for charity before he'd even opened a restaurant. Support Every Pregnancy: Follow Every Pregnancy on IG @everypregnancy  Subscribe to our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@everypregnancy Sign up for our newsletter: https://tr.ee/5pYbwVFo-J  Visit our website at: https://everypregnancy.org Disclaimer: The views expressed by our guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the hosts or producers.

  4. Episode 4

    If You Save One Life, You Save All of Humanity - A Conversation with Fadie Musallet & Fatmah Muhammad

    Two Palestinian entrepreneurs, one who feeds a million labour workers a year through The Giving Family, one who bakes knafeh as a bridge between communities, both nearly lost themselves to grief and nearly lost their own lives to childbirth complications they couldn't have predicted. Fatti and Fatmah close the season with a conversation about legacy, about giving, and about what we're all born into and what we choose to leave behind. Both carry their mothers in everything they build. Support Every Pregnancy: Follow Every Pregnancy on IG @everypregnancy  Subscribe to our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@everypregnancy Sign up for our newsletter: https://tr.ee/5pYbwVFo-J  Visit our website at: https://everypregnancy.org Disclaimer: The views expressed by our guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the hosts or producers.

  5. Episode 5

    Why America's Maternal Health System is Failing Black Families: Bruce McIntyre III

    Amber Rose Isaac died in childbirth in April 2020. For months, her deteriorating platelet levels went unaddressed. At the hospital, Bruce McIntyre was called "Mr. Baby Daddy" and denied access to his partner. In this episode, Bruce speaks about grief, about rage, about showing up. Since Amber's death he has testified before White House officials, helped pass New York's Grieving Families Act, secured a $5 million investment for the Bronx's first midwife-led birth centre, and helped over 86 families access free home births. Love built a movement. Support Every Pregnancy: Follow Every Pregnancy on IG @everypregnancy  Subscribe to our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@everypregnancy Sign up for our newsletter: https://tr.ee/5pYbwVFo-J  Visit our website at: https://everypregnancy.org Disclaimer: The views expressed by our guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the hosts or producers.

  6. Episode 6

    The 'Three Delays' Killing Mothers, and How We Stop Them: Professor Hadiza Galadanci

    Professor Hadiza Galandaci has spent decades watching Nigerian women die from postpartum haemorrhage, a condition we know how to treat. She chose research over clinical practice because the math demanded it. Her E-MOTIVE bundle reduced severe bleeding complications by 60%, was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, and was adopted by the WHO in six months flat. This is the story of a woman who refused to leave Kano, refused to accept the unacceptable, and changed the world from there. Support Every Pregnancy: Follow Every Pregnancy on IG @everypregnancy  Subscribe to our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@everypregnancy Sign up for our newsletter: https://tr.ee/5pYbwVFo-J  Visit our website at: https://everypregnancy.org Disclaimer: The views expressed by our guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the hosts or producers.

  7. Episode 7

    The Playbook for Turning Attention Into Action by Yasar Ahmad

    Maternal health is a crisis, but most people scroll past it. Yasar Ahmad built a million-person following in nine months by solving one problem for one specific audience. In this episode he shares how those same content principles can turn a cause into a movement: what to say, how to say it, and why repetition and clarity save lives when algorithms decide what the world sees. Support Every Pregnancy: Follow Every Pregnancy on IG @everypregnancy  Subscribe to our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@everypregnancy Sign up for our newsletter: https://tr.ee/5pYbwVFo-J  Visit our website at: https://everypregnancy.org Disclaimer: The views expressed by our guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the hosts or producers.

  8. Episode 8

    An Assault on Pregnancy: What It Means to Give Birth in Gaza: Dr. Thaer Ahmad

    On Season Two, Episode 8 of Every Pregnancy’s Born Into, this conversation examines what it means to be pregnant, give birth, and care for a newborn in Gaza amid bombardment, mass displacement, malnutrition, loss, overwhelmed hospitals, restricted medical supplies, and the killing of healthcare workers. Hosted by Every Pregnancy CEO Isra Chaker, the episode features Palestinian-American emergency physician Dr. Thaer Ahmad, who has worked inside Gaza’s hospitals and witnessed firsthand the realities facing mothers, newborns, and Palestinian healthcare workers. The conversation brings into focus women giving birth in tents, C-sections performed without anesthesia, neonatal units operating without electricity, newborns discharged into rubble, and healthcare workers continuing to provide care under extraordinary conditions. At the center of the episode is a question fundamental to Every Pregnancy’s mission: how can pregnancy be made safer when the conditions mothers and babies depend on for survival and care are being stripped away? They discuss: What pregnancy and childbirth look like in GazaThe impact of bombardment, displacement, malnutrition, and loss on mothersWhat happens to newborn care when hospitals lack essential resourcesThe realities Palestinian healthcare workers are working throughWhy locally rooted care mattersWhat mothers and babies in Gaza need mostPregnancy does not stop in crisis. Mothers still go into labor. Babies are still born. This episode of Born Into brings those realities into focus and asks what it truly takes to protect mothers and newborns when access to safe, essential care is severely disrupted. DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Every Pregnancy. Support Every Pregnancy: Follow Every Pregnancy on IG @everypregnancy  Subscribe to our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@everypregnancy Sign up for our newsletter: https://tr.ee/5pYbwVFo-J  Visit our website at: https://everypregnancy.org Disclaimer: The views expressed by our guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the hosts or producers.

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Every pregnancy should be safe, yet nearly 800 mothers die daily from preventable complications.  Brought to you by Every Pregnancy, a global coalition of health organizations, Born Into is a maternal health podcast that explores what needs to happen to make moms and babies safe worldwide. The show invites the world’s most dynamic thinkers, scientists, and advocates to share solutions to this critical issue. Born Into is hosted by Isra Chaker, a Syrian-American mother, activist, and CEO of Every Pregnancy. Isra’s empathetic worldview and track record of leadership lend the show’s serious subject matter an undeniable warmth and positivity. Subscribe now to hear the powerful stories transforming maternal health around the world.

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  • Creator
    Every Pregnancy
  • Episodes
    15
  • Seasons
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Every Pregnancy
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    Born Into