A Texas couple says authorities seized their newborn baby girl after they opted for a home birth with a midwife over a hospital.
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Temecia and Rodney Jackson welcomed their daughter Mila with a licensed midwife, Cheryl Edinbyrd, two weeks ago. Shortly after her birth, Mila developed a mild case of jaundice, which resulted in the yellowing of skin and whites of the eyes. Temecia took her to their pediatrician of ten years with her two sons, as reported by Jezebel. However, Edinbyrd advised her to care for Mila at home rather than leave her at the hospital.
Days after Mila Jackson’s birth, her mother took Mila and her two brothers on what should have been a routine visit to the pediatrician. Instead, baby Mila was ripped away from her parents’ loving care by Dallas CPS, and her father was arrested. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/7M4J2niJXH
— The Afiya Center (@TheAfiyaCenter) April 5, 2023
Days later, officers from the Dallas Police Department and CPS agents appeared at their door around 5 a.m. and told the couple that the pediatrician reported them, demanding they hand the infant over to CPS. The couple refused, but officers returned hours later to inform them that their daughter was now in the custody of Dallas Child Protective Services.
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Their midwife reached out to the pediatrician and informed them that CPS arrived at the couple’s door after he reported them. Additionally, the pediatrician asked Edinbyd for her credentials and informed her that he would leave their care and midwife teams.
Last Tuesday, Rodney was confronted by police officers while walking the family dog, and he refused to let them enter their home. Moments later, he was arrested, and they snatched his keys, using them to enter his home. Mila was removed from the home while Temecia was by herself. The couple still doesn’t have a birth certificate because their daughter wasn’t born in a hospital, and they added that the police didn’t list their names on a search warrant but used a different couple’s name.
The couple has visited the CPS office on multiple occasions and said they’d experienced negative treatment from police officers. Additionally, Mila has developed a yeast infection allegedly untreated by her foster parents, and she’s missing a crucial time to bond with the couple since her birth.
“With the foster parents is where this build-up and irritation [in Mila’s genitals] occurred, and yet you’re sending her back to the same foster family. We just feel helpless in this situation as we wait,”
Edinbyd shared a similar sentiment: Mila must be with her parents.
“This child was being nurtured. This child was being supported. And this child was being loved. And this child was kidnapped.Mila needs to be returned home.”
Being across the ROOM from your newborn is stressful. What Dallas CPS has done to this family is nothing short of torture. There should be no peace for these monsters until the Jacksons get their baby back https://t.co/UrlzuhTHrg
— Butt Praxis buttpraxis@mastodon.social (@buttpraxis) April 7, 2023
Traumatic to the child and family and absolutely terrifying.
Our son was born 3 weeks early with jaundice and he went home normal without any special treatment and it went away in about 2 weeks.
This is horrific to read. https://t.co/2n3RZSHlD7
— DrPritch (@DrPritch80) April 7, 2023
There is a war on Black midwives and moms.
This is so horrific man. Mila needs to be reunited with her family IMMEDIATELY. https://t.co/p0VnNfQVlq
— Cool Mamas Club (@coolmamasclub) April 6, 2023