pregnancy
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Meghan Markle Takes Maternity Glam Day to Night, Starting With a $35 H&M Dress (and You Can, Too)
Now that Meghan Markle is nearing the third trimester of her pregnancy, she’s no doubt running into the issue most pregnant women do, million dollar clothing budgets notwithstanding: What to wear? Whether in acceptance of her (temporarily) changing body or in solidarity with the masses of non-royals she now comes in contact with in her…
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Days After Giving Birth to a Healthy Baby Girl, Remy Ma Required Emergency Surgery
It should be one of the happiest moments in rapper and reality star Remy Ma’s and husband Papoose’s lives, but it has now possibly become one of the scariest. In a scenario that has become terrifyingly familiar, on Wednesday, TMZ reported that Remy suffered complications from giving birth in the days following delivery of their…
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The Complicated Business of Giving Birth: Motherhood and Mortality
Here’s a not-so-fun and very frightening fact: Did you know that the U.S. has the highest rate of deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth in the developed world, indiscriminately affecting women across races, backgrounds, educations and income levels? Did you know that over half of those deaths are preventable? And, if that news isn’t disturbing…
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Why Giving Birth Is Deadly for Black Women … and Why It Might Get Worse
Mothers dying during pregnancy and childbirth is a crisis most Americans believe impacts only countries experiencing extreme poverty with shortages of food, health care providers, medicine, water and housing. Most people think of developing or war-torn nations where there are inadequate hospitals and little government infrastructure. But when it comes to maternal health and mortality…
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Serena Williams Beats Everyone On The Court, But Just Can't Win With White People And Black Men
I want to say that the first time that I heard Serena Williams called a man was middle school. I can’t say that with absolute certainty as middle school is generally universally awful and grades six through eight are a haze of mob mentality and chocolate milk but nonetheless, it wasn’t until my teen years…
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Halle Berry’s Rep Denies Pregnancy
Over the weekend, Halle Berry attended the Chrysalis Butterfly Ball in Los Angeles and ignited pregnancy rumors after appearing on the red carpet posing with her hands across her abdomen. Berry, 50, was clad in a sequinned silver dress, with her midsection looking a bit larger than normal. But according to her rep, the mother…
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I Can't Wait Until 16 Years From Now When Serena Williams's Baby Beats Maria Sharapova Too
If you think it’s totally fucked up that Serena Williams would announce her pregnancy on the same day Maria Sharapova — the woman who still somehow out earns Serena in endorsements despite losing to her 18 consecutive times and getting exposed as a drug cheat — turned 30 (and, for the record, it totally, definitely, absolutely…
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Serena Williams Announces Pregnancy on Snapchat
Serena Williams is 20 weeks pregnant, according to a now deleted Snapchat. The tennis champ announced that she’s pregnant Wednesday morning. Williams, who is engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, quickly posted and deleted the pregnancy announcement. But of course the internet never forgets. Last month Williams pulled out of the Indian Wells and Miami…
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Beyonce Announces Pregnancy With The Most Beautiful Sears Portrait Studio Picture Ever
Apparently unsatisfied with Darth Cheeto’s words today on Frederick Douglass (???), Beyonce decided to put the whole entire Black History Month in formation by revealing that she’s pregnant with twins. This, of course, is great news. For the Carters. For the culture. For Black love. And for Beyonce, who’ll now be able to add “I can’t…