Journalist Elizabeth Rubin stirred controversy by hiding her pregnancy while embedded in Afghanistan. Turns out that female correspondents in Iraq have formed a "sisterhood" around being pregnant and giving birth while covering the war.

Three months pregnant, journalist Elizabeth Rubin headed off to cover the war in Afghanistan. Today, she wrote what it was like to hide a pregnancy (poorly) while trying to stay alive to tell others' truths. [Guardian, NY Times, PBS]