When she loses a pregnancy, Anna Lea Hand searches in vain for vital advice and information.
Reproductive health
After Three Children, Reclaiming My Body and My Mind
In the wake of childbirth and postpartum complications affecting her mental health and her marriage, Ukamaka Olisakwe picks herself up and starts over — in grad school.
The Possessed: Dispatches from the Third Trimester
On pregnancy, demons, and Stranger Things.
The Possessed: Dispatches from the Third Trimester
On pregnancy, demons, and Stranger Things.
Muscle Memory: A Case History
While healing from a back injury, Mariam I. Williams learns to let go of the ways she has been taught to mistrust her body.
Standing in the Buffer Zone
When patients trying to access healthcare services at Planned Parenthood clinics face a gauntlet of anti-choice protestors, escorts offer physical safety and emotional support.
Anatomy of a Surrogacy
They wanted a baby, she wanted to carry it for them—for a fee. It’s a common transaction but illegal in Canada, and the system here leaves both parties vulnerable.
‘A Uterus Gone Rogue’: Diagnosing Endometriosis
A raw look at the discomfort, confusion, and anger of being diagnosed and dealing with endometriosis, a painful reproductive disorder with mysterious origins, and no cure.