Mothers who’ve experienced birth trauma report haunting nightmares, being tied down, suffocated. It’s not thunder in my forehead that wakes me at 3 a.m., it’s the knowing: I was her life source.

Sylvester Pierce is challenging gender norms in the birth support field while fighting to improve outcomes for Black families.

"Happy father's day to him," one viewer jokingly commented, while another added: "We need more men like this." ...