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In the summer of 2016, Barrie Miskin became pregnant with her daughter and was encouraged to discontinue the low dose of antidepressants she had been on for over a decade for the safety of the baby. This ended up being a grave mistake. By January 2017, Barrie was no longer…

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I read an ARC of this book on a cracked iPhone on a plane and had to be removed from my seat by the flight attendant when we landed and everyone else deplaned because I was still reading and could not tear myself away. We toss this word around a lot but this book is BRAVE and exposes some of the more fucked up elements of being a birthing person in the US. Can't wait for more from Barrie!

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