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Story No. 243: McKenzie from Wisconsin
I terminated my first pregnancy in 2007 at 21 weeks. That wasn’t what I wanted to do—my husband and I were trying to have a […]
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Story No. 242: Dr. Anuj from Washington
I recently had a 27 year old patient, who I’ll call Jill. Jill suffered a stroke in June 2016 after having a pulmonary embolism, and […]
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Story No. 241: Patient from California
When I was 23, I got pregnant. Keeping the baby at that time in my life was not the right choice for me. I did […]
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Story No. 240: Dr. Mike from New York
To be an advocate for a teenager and young adult allows me to channel their passion for life and choice into my passion for making […]
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Story No. 239: Sarah from Colorado
I have had awful cramps ever since puberty. My first period was so painful that when I got my menstrual cramps that preceded the bleeding, […]
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Story No. 238: Dr. Jessica from Texas
**Trigger warning** This story discusses sexual assault — A 14-year-old patient was brought to my clinic by her mother, after being sexually assaulted by a […]
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Story No. 237: Patient from Massachusetts
I had a miscarriage at eight weeks, days after seeing the heartbeat during an ultrasound. I bled for weeks afterwards. It was a traumatic and […]
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Story No. 235: Patient from New York
When I was thirty-six and the mother of two children, aged six and one-and-a-half, I got pregnant unexpectedly. I had to use fertility pills to […]