For many women - myself included - pregnancy brings on tremendous anxiety and confusion, along with the joy.
Emily Oster
Talking to women about birth can be polarizing.
Prenatal testing is a complicated decision for many women, forcing us to confront concerns about a disabled child and risks of miscarriage.
Nausea is a normal but unpleasant effect of pregnancy and a really good sign that it is going well. Women who experience nausea in early pregnancy... →
I think that there's a real sense in which pregnancy should be something that you do with your doctor, but I think that for a lot of women the... →
To put it mildly, I'm not crazy about the implication that pregnant women are incapable of deciding for themselves.
The biggest food-related risk in pregnancy is listeria. It's a dangerous bacteria, to which pregnant women are especially susceptible, that can... →
Young women who live in areas with high maternal mortality change their behavior less in response to HIV than young women who live in areas with low... →
Lot of ugly funny dudes end up with some pretty gorgeous women. Women are much deeper than us in choosing a mate - they see in the long term.
Patton Oswalt
Just as young people absorb all kinds of messages from the media, young girls learn what it means to be a woman by watching the older women in their... →
Carre Otis