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To give birth or not to give birth

In her book The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson describes pregnancy as an experience marked by a peculiar duality. On the one hand, ...
New York Post

Majority of new moms are still recovering from giving birth — with some feeling effects three years later: survey

Two in three women who have given birth in the last three years say they are still “recovering” from the experience, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 women found that recovery after ...

A midwife’s death days after childbirth complications reignites the conversation around Black maternal health

Janell Green Smith, a certified nurse-midwife and doctor of nursing practice in South Carolina, chose her career because of ...
People

She Chose to Give Birth Abroad to Avoid Medical Debt. Now Her Family Is Calling Her 'Unpatriotic'

After revealing she plans to give birth outside her birth country, the woman says her family accused her of denying her child citizenship and “rejecting” her roots Getty A woman sought advice from the ...