Childbirth and Puerperal Fever
Hundreds of years ago, when men calling themselves doctors decided to rob childbirth from the midwives and bring it into hospitals, the maternal mortality rate skyrocketed due to something called puerperal (or childbed) fever, a bacterial infection of the female reproductive tract following childbirth.
Going Stag
Introducing our newest piece: Going Stag
Who were you—
My dad was the first to break mine. I was 16 when he took his own own life in our home while I slept.