Explore real women’s tales of healthcare trauma and medical misogyny with this meticulously researched, in-depth examination of the women’s health crisis in America—and what we can do about it.
When Anushay Hossian became pregnant in the US, she was so relieved. Growing up in Bangladesh in the 1980s, where the concept of women’s health hardly existed, she understood how lucky she was to access the best healthcare in the world. But Hossian could not have been more wrong. Things started to go awry from the minute she stepped in the hospital, and after thirty hours of labor (two of which she spent pushing), Hossain’s epidural slipped. Her pain was so severe that she ran a fever of 104 degrees, and as she shook and trembled uncontrollably, the doctors finally performed an emergency C-sect ...Read More
Explore real women’s tales of healthcare trauma and medical misogyny with this meticulously researched, in-depth examination of the women’s health crisis in America—and what we can do about it.
When Anushay Hossian became pregnant in the US, she was so relieved. Growing up in Bangladesh in the 1980s, where the concept of women’s health hardly existed, she understood how lucky she was to access the best healthcare in the world. But Hossian could not have been more wrong. Things started to go awry from the minute she stepped in the hospital, and after thirty hours of labor (two of which she spent pushing), Hossain’s epidural slipped. Her pain was so severe that she ran a fever of 104 degrees, and as she shook and trembled uncontrollably, the doctors finally performed an emergency C-sect ...Read More
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