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Erin Barker: Just Those Four Things, Version 2

September 24, 2019

When Erin Barker is diagnosed with two chronic illnesses, she has to say goodbye to four of her favorite things.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Erin Barker, women's health, chronic illness, chronic pain, sex, identity, love, Season 9

Jenn M: House Baby?

September 13, 2019

At 22 years old, Jenn Montooth is accepted to graduate school just as she discovers she's pregnant.

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In Health and Medicine Tags women's health, abortion, reproduction, pregnancy

Adrien Behn: My Best Friend

July 19, 2019

Lonely after her move to New York City, Adrien Behn finds a friend in her copper IUD.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Adrien Behn, birth control, women's health, sex, safe sex, relationships, Season 9

Chivonne Battle: There Has to Be More

May 31, 2019

After finding out her uterus never developed, scientist Chivonne Battle searches for an alternative way to become a mother.

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In Engineering, Health and Medicine Tags Chivonne Battle, women's health, infertility, uterus, engineering, Season 9

Sarah Hird: My Emotional Bunker

April 5, 2019

Evolutionary biologist Sarah Hird's first pregnancy becomes a crisis in her scientific faith when doctors warn her that there may be something severely wrong with her baby.

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In Health and Medicine, Biology Tags Sarah Hird, pregnancy, motherhood, pregnancy complications, Season 9, women's health, UCONN

Michaella Thornton: The Grade AA, Beautiful, Golden Embryo of My Dreams

November 23, 2018

When Michaella Thornton shares her struggles with infertility with her bachelor farmer father, his response stuns her.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Michaella Thornton, fathers, motherhood, pregnancy, infertility, genetics, women's health, Season 8

Cassandra Willyard: Better Safe than Sorry

September 14, 2018

Science writer Cassandra WIllyard is frustrated by the restrictions put on her during her pregnancy.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Cassandra Willyard, journalism, pregnancy, women's health

Africa Stewart: The Bulla Strucka

September 7, 2018

While working in the South Sudan, OB-GYN Africa Stewart must wait for an elder's permission before treating a pregnant woman gored by a bull.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Africa Stewart, Doctors Without Borders, medicine, South Sudan, gynecology, women's health

Tracey Segarra: My Mother, the Condom Destroyer

August 29, 2018

When Tracey Segarra tells her mother she had an abortion, she's shocked by the response.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Tracey Segarra, abortion, parents, mother, medicine, women's health

Veronica Ades: Right Where I Belonged

August 29, 2018

While working with Doctors Without Borders in a country where abortion is illegal, OB-GYN Veronica Ades is falsely accused of performing an abortion.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Veronica Ades, Doctors Without Borders, women's health, abortion, gynecology, Uganda

Molly Gaebe: The Doula Swap

August 28, 2018

Abortion doula Molly Gaebe is surprised to find herself in the same position as her patients.

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In Ecology, Health and Medicine Tags Molly Gaebe, abortion, women's health, medicine

Rasha Khoury: The Invisible Side of War

August 28, 2018

Working with Doctors Without Borders in a war-torn country, OB-GYN Rasha Khoury tries to save a pregnant woman in critical condition.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Rasha Khoury, gynecology, Doctors Without Borders, doctor, medicine, women's health, abortion, war

Jacey Powers: A New Beginning

August 28, 2018

Actress and playwright Jacey Powers faces a difficult decision when she’s diagnosed with breast cancer just as she discovers she's pregnant.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Jacey Powers, women's health, abortion, cancer

Tricia Rose Burt: The fertility challenge

October 30, 2011

A 40-year old artist struggles with fertility treatments.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Tricia Rose Burt, infertility, Season 1, women's health

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