"Bruce McIntyre remembers the day he and his fiancée Amber Rose Isaac decided they wanted to start a family. They walked into a bookstore after having a date night in August 2019 when Amber spotted a children's book called, "Rap ABC," with a baby Kendrick Lamar and baby Tupac inside the cover. Amber began reading the book aloud, then looked to Bruce and insisted they buy the book right then and there for their future child. When Bruce watched Amber take a pregnancy test in September 2019 and it came out positive, it felt like their dreams were coming true. "She was very excited to be a mom," Bruce told the Bronx Times. "It was something she was looking forward to most in life.""
"The couple never would have expected that just seven months later, Amber would die giving birth to her son Elias via an emergency cesarean section at Montefiore Einstein - just one day after Amber tweeted that she couldn't wait to write a tell-all about her "incompetent doctors .""
"According to Bruce, as soon as Amber's gynecologist at Montefiore began to piece together that she was Black, pregnant and unmarried, their once normal doctor-patient relationship began to shift. The doctor would ask the couple questions such as: Were the two going to get married? How long had they known each other? Did Bruce have any other kids? "She would make these faces towards me and smack her lips," Bruce said. "It really felt from that point on - from the very first visit - she wasn't going to be giving Amber the attentive care that she deserved.""
Bruce McIntyre and his fiancée Amber Rose Isaac planned a family after finding a children’s book and celebrated a positive pregnancy test in September 2019. Amber experienced worsening symptoms—massive headaches, difficulty breathing, and dizziness—that clinicians dismissed as normal pregnancy complaints. Their gynecologist appeared dismissive and asked intrusive questions after learning Amber was Black, pregnant, and unmarried. The couple obtained a midwife for advocacy. Seven months after conceiving, Amber died during an emergency cesarean at Montefiore Einstein, one day after tweeting about incompetent doctors, leaving newborn Elias and Bruce bereaved.
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