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High Risk: Stories of Pregnancy, Birth, and the Unexpected
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Karkowsky offers a window into all that pregnancy, labor, and birth can entail—birth and joy, but also challenge and loss—illustrating the complexity of reproductive life and the systems that surround it. With historical insight and illustrative real-life stories Karkowsky unpacks what is involved for women, for a family, and for us as a society; and explores what's at risk when these aspects of medicine remain clouded in mystery and misinformation.
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"Just the same, she provides a great deal of helpful information, carefully explaining an alphabet soup of acronyms, such as VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) and TOLAC (trial of labor after cesarean)."
"Clearly not a simple pregnancy manual for the average patient, the book provides vivid insights into the more intense aspects of reproductive medicine ..."
"A solid primer on pregnancy risks as well as a cogent plea for progress to make childbirth even less perilous."
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