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Surrogates are twice as likely to suffer dangerous complications

Surrogates are twice as likely to suffer dangerous complications

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Sarah Carter

Surrogates have double the chance of dangerous pregnancy complications such as high blood pressure and heavy bleeding compared to natural mothers, a ...

Mother’s Day Makes Me Uncomfortable; I Ask My Family Not to Celebrate

Mother’s Day Makes Me Uncomfortable; I Ask My Family Not to Celebrate

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Sophie Anderson

Mother’s Day has always made me uncomfortable. I’m a 37-year-old mom of two — presumably the target audience for such a holiday ...

The health lobby loves trying to terrify women. I won’t listen anymore

The health lobby loves trying to terrify women. I won’t listen anymore

Health
Sarah Carter

Women, and increasingly middle-aged women, bear the brunt of the health anxiety machine. Adding to the burden, a recent Lancet report has ...

We lost 14 babies between us – but now we’re mothers

We lost 14 babies between us – but now we’re mothers

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Sarah Carter

“When you’re desperate for a baby and people urge you to ‘keep trying’ it’s not necessarily what you want to hear,” says ...