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7/25/19

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Surrogacy Makes the Body a Worksite

Gabrielle Bruney

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3/20/19

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3/20/19

'I Felt Like I Was Hit by Two Tractor-Trailers': The Weirdly Compelling Spectacle of Birth Horror Stories

Tracy Clark-Flory

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1/4/19

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1/4/19

Police Open Investigation After Woman in Vegetative State For Over a Decade Gives Birth

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11/8/18

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Hilary Duff Is Delighted by Her Placenta Smoothie

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10/7/18

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Keira Knightley Would Like the Royals to Acknowledge Birth in All of Its Excruciating Shit-Covered Gore

Whitney Kimball

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9/7/18

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9/7/18

Why Didn't This Woman's Husband Help Her When She Gave Birth in the Front Seat of their Freaking Car?

Megan Reynolds

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6/22/17

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6/22/17

My Day at the Jovial, Vital Gathering of Midwives From Around the World

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10/4/16

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10/4/16

A Hospital Charged a Couple $40 to Hold Their Baby After His Birth

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6/16/16

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6/16/16

CDC Reports that Three Babies in America Have Been Born With Zika-Related Birth Defects

Stassa Edwards

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5/18/16

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5/18/16

Dumb Man Didn't Know He Was Broadcasting His Wife Giving Birth to the Whole World

Joanna Rothkopf

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5/12/16

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5/12/16

After a 70-Year-Old Woman Gives Birth, Doctors Question Ethics of IVF Treatments on Older Women

Stassa Edwards

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5/2/16

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5/2/16

Why Is Home Birth So Much More Dangerous in the United States Than in Canada and Europe?

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4/19/16

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4/19/16

Perinatal Hospice Care Has Increasingly Become an Alternative to Abortion

Stassa Edwards

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4/8/16

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4/8/16

Twins Are Born Five Weeks Apart in Tennessee

Hillary Crosley Coker

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3/22/16

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3/22/16

Terry Richardson Is a Father Now

Ellie Shechet

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10/23/15

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10/23/15

Woman Who Gave Birth on Plane Allegedly Deported, May Owe Airline $33,000

Mark Shrayber

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10/16/15

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10/16/15

Doctor on Flight Home From Honeymoon Delivers Surprise Baby in the Air

Mark Shrayber

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9/7/15

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9/7/15

Your Midwife Really, Really Shouldn't Be a Dolphin

Anna Merlan

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8/23/15

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8/23/15

Bystanders Help Deliver Baby On Jersey Shore Highway

Joanna Rothkopf

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8/23/15

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8/23/15

Giant Panda Gives Birth To Twins at National Zoo

Stassa Edwards

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Auschwitz Memorial Thinks Nazi-Hunting Show Hunters Goes Too Far

Is The Coronavirus Attempting to Cancel Men and Also Cruises?

U.S. Soccer Federation Says Men and Women Who Play Soccer Aren't Doing the Same Job

Surrogacy Makes the Body a Worksite

'I Felt Like I Was Hit by Two Tractor-Trailers': The Weirdly Compelling Spectacle of Birth Horror Stories

Police Open Investigation After Woman in Vegetative State For Over a Decade Gives Birth

Hilary Duff Is Delighted by Her Placenta Smoothie

Keira Knightley Would Like the Royals to Acknowledge Birth in All of Its Excruciating Shit-Covered Gore

Why Didn't This Woman's Husband Help Her When She Gave Birth in the Front Seat of their Freaking Car?

My Day at the Jovial, Vital Gathering of Midwives From Around the World

A Hospital Charged a Couple $40 to Hold Their Baby After His Birth

CDC Reports that Three Babies in America Have Been Born With Zika-Related Birth Defects

Dumb Man Didn't Know He Was Broadcasting His Wife Giving Birth to the Whole World

After a 70-Year-Old Woman Gives Birth, Doctors Question Ethics of IVF Treatments on Older Women

Why Is Home Birth So Much More Dangerous in the United States Than in Canada and Europe?

Perinatal Hospice Care Has Increasingly Become an Alternative to Abortion

Twins Are Born Five Weeks Apart in Tennessee

Terry Richardson Is a Father Now

Woman Who Gave Birth on Plane Allegedly Deported, May Owe Airline $33,000

Doctor on Flight Home From Honeymoon Delivers Surprise Baby in the Air

Your Midwife Really, Really Shouldn't Be a Dolphin

Bystanders Help Deliver Baby On Jersey Shore Highway

Giant Panda Gives Birth To Twins at National Zoo

You Can Thank Japan for Inventing Convenient Sliced Mayonnaise

Iran Denies Cover-Up After Lawmaker Contradicts Official Coronavirus Figures, Says 50 Dead

This Tesla Model X Has Driven Over 400,000 Miles. Here Are All The Parts That Had To Be Replaced

Surrogacy Makes the Body a Worksite

'I Felt Like I Was Hit by Two Tractor-Trailers': The Weirdly Compelling Spectacle of Birth Horror Stories

Police Open Investigation After Woman in Vegetative State For Over a Decade Gives Birth

Hilary Duff Is Delighted by Her Placenta Smoothie

Keira Knightley Would Like the Royals to Acknowledge Birth in All of Its Excruciating Shit-Covered Gore

Why Didn't This Woman's Husband Help Her When She Gave Birth in the Front Seat of their Freaking Car?

My Day at the Jovial, Vital Gathering of Midwives From Around the World

A Hospital Charged a Couple $40 to Hold Their Baby After His Birth

CDC Reports that Three Babies in America Have Been Born With Zika-Related Birth Defects

Dumb Man Didn't Know He Was Broadcasting His Wife Giving Birth to the Whole World

After a 70-Year-Old Woman Gives Birth, Doctors Question Ethics of IVF Treatments on Older Women

Why Is Home Birth So Much More Dangerous in the United States Than in Canada and Europe?

Perinatal Hospice Care Has Increasingly Become an Alternative to Abortion

Twins Are Born Five Weeks Apart in Tennessee

Terry Richardson Is a Father Now

Woman Who Gave Birth on Plane Allegedly Deported, May Owe Airline $33,000

Doctor on Flight Home From Honeymoon Delivers Surprise Baby in the Air

Your Midwife Really, Really Shouldn't Be a Dolphin

Bystanders Help Deliver Baby On Jersey Shore Highway

Giant Panda Gives Birth To Twins at National Zoo