BOOK
"HIGH RISK: A DOCTOR'S NOTES ON PREGNANCY, BIRTH, AND THE UNEXPECTED"
NOW OUT FROM LIVERIGHT (W.W. NORTON & COMPANY)
March 2020
This book was written to discuss all the ways that our society doesn't realistically talk about women's reproductive health - including pregnancy, contraception, pregnancy termination, and more - and all that we miss because we don't. In it, there are stories of birth, and of complications, and of loss. There are stories of how our medical system saves us, and fails us. There are stories of unconditional love and also of boundless tragedy, and often the same story has both.
My work in high-risk pregnancy grants me access to a corner of the world that is full of extraordinary and complicated experiences, ones that ask women and their families to be stronger, braver, and more vulnerable than most of us know. I wrote this book because those stories deserve thought and attention; and because we are all richer for knowing them.
OTHER WRITING
Project Section Subtitle
I’M A HIGH-RISK OB-GYN. I’M SEEING ONE OF THE MOST JOYFUL PARTS OF MY JOB WEAPONIZED AGAINST WOMEN.
June, 2022
WHAT ALITO DOESN’T UNDERSTAND ABOUT PREGNANCY.
May 2022
WHAT COVID CAN DO TO A PREGNANCY
January 2022
ANOTHER EXTREMIST LAW THAT AMERICANS HAVE TO LIVE WITH.
September 2021
VACCINE REFUSERS RISK COMPASSION FATIGUE
August 2021
PREGNANCY AS A TIME MACHINE
May 2021
AT A HOSPITAL BATTERED BY COVID-19, SOME WORKERS SAY NO TO THE VACCINE. WHY?
May 2021
WHEN MY MATERNITY WARD BECAME A COVID ICU
January 2021
WHAT WE’VE STOLEN FROM OUR KIDS
August 2020
THE CHILD-CARE CRISIS PUNISHES WOMEN IN HEALTH CARE. WITHOUT SCHOOLS, THEY'LL QUIT.
July 2020
AS A HIGH-RISK OBSTETRICIAN, I’M USED TO MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS. THEN PREGNANT WOMEN SHOWED UP WITH COVID-19.
June 2020
PREGNANT WOMEN IN HOSPITALS CAN GET EXCELLENT TREATMENT BUT TERRIBLE CARE
March 2020
YOU NEED ME TO HAVE A MASK
March 2020
FINDING ROOM IN AMERICA’S ICUS IS ALREADY COMPLICATED
March 2020
ARE WE CALCULATING MATERNAL MORTALITY CORRECTLY?
January 2020
I FOUND THE OUTER LIMITS OF MY PRO-CHOICE BELIEFS
THE ATLANTIC
August 2019
NEW ABORTION LAWS ARE ESPECIALLY CRUEL TO MY PATIENTS WITH HIGH-RISK PREGNANCIES
WASHINGTON POST
May 2019
DOCTORS ACTUALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO UPEND THE GUN DEBATE
SLATE MAGAZINE
November 2018
THE WAIT CAN KILL YOU
SLATE MAGAZINE
October 2017
WHY IS U.S. MORTALITY SO HIGH?
WITH CARA HEUSER, MD
SLATE MAGAZINE
May 2018
WILLIE PARKER’S MORAL ARGUMENT FOR CHOICE MADE ME A BETTER DOCTOR
SLATE MAGAZINE
May 2017
IUDS ARE NOT THE ANSWER TO TRUMP AND THE GOP
SLATE MAGAZINE
February 2017
ZIKA AND HOLIDAY TRAVEL: SHOULD YOU DELAY YOUR HOLIDAY TRIP?
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT
December 2016
IS YOUR BIRTH CONTROL MAKING YOU DEPRESSED?
SLATE MAGAZINE
October 2016
STOP MEASURING PREGNANCIES IN MONTHS!
SLATE MAGAZINE
August 2016
ZIKA’S ARRIVED—AMERICA NEEDS TO QUIT YAWNING AND PAY ATTENTION TO WOMEN’S HEALTH
THE DAILY BEAST
June 2016
THE HARDEST ABORTION I’VE EVER HAD TO PERFORM
THE DAILY BEAST
April 2016
3 TIMES IT'S GOOD TO BE A "BAD" PATIENT
HEALTH MAGAZINE
February 2016
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THE BIG QUESTION: DO PREGNANT WOMEN NEED THE FLU SHOT?
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
December 2015
DO-IT-YOURSELF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
SLATE MAGAZINE
October 2015
“CAN I CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY?”:
HOW MY PATIENTS FACE THE HOLIDAY AFTER A MISCARRIAGE
SLATE MAGAZINE
May 2015
PREGNANT WORKERS’ RIGHTS:
IT’S ILLEGAL TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PREGNANT WOMEN. BUT EMPLOYERS OFTEN DO
WITH LIZ MORRIS, JD
SLATE MAGAZINE
March 2015
ENDLESS BLOOD:
HOW SMART USE OF AN OLD TECHNOLOGY IS SAVING WOMEN’S LIVES
SLATE MAGAZINE
November 2014
THE LIMITS OF THE ARTIFICIAL WOMB:
FUTURISTIC REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES CAN’T FIX THESE COMMON PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS
SLATE MAGAZINE
Novmeber 2014
IN DEFENSE OF EGG-FREEZING BENEFITS
SLATE MAGAZINE
October 2014
SORRY YOU WERE TRICKED INTO A C-SECTION:
WHAT DISAPPROVING FRIENDS DON’T UNDERSTAND ABOUT CESAREAN BIRTHS
SLATE MAGAZINE
July 2014
A HOSPITAL’S MOST IMPORTANT SECRET SYSTEM
SLATE MAGAZINE
May 2014
WHEN A PLACENTA TRIES TO KILL A MOTHER
THE ATLANTIC
March 2014
SAVE THE MOTHER OR SAVE THE BABY?
SLATE MAGAZINE
October 2013
SECOND-TRIMESTER TRAGEDY:
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MY PATIENTS LOSE AN ALMOST-VIABLE PREGNANCY
SLATE MAGAZINE
January 2014
HOW I TREAT PATIENTS WHO REFUSE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS
SLATE MAGAZINE
June 2013