Every month brings a new study about how pregnancy, labor, breastfeeding or parenting affects a woman’s health, and often for the worse
Growing up, the books I read were littered with dead mothers: Wuthering Heights, Oliver Twist, any number of fairy tales. Before I was old enough to even figure out how women got pregnant in the first place, I knew that the process of becoming a mother was incredibly dangerous. And before I knew that the term “childfree” existed, I knew that’s what I was – someone with absolutely zero desire to have kids.
Thanks to developments in medicine and hygiene, it’s safer than ever to be pregnant and give birth in the developed world. But that still doesn’t mean bringing new life into the world comes without risks. A new study from Arizona State University reports that when fetal cells are introduced into an expectant mother’s body, the results can be helpful, but they can also cause harm.
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