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☆ Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck Nodal used to raise $4.7 million from investors like Amplo and a slew of women's health founders to transform the surrogacy world
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The startup's platform matches surrogate mothers with prospective parents they want to work with. Unlike traditional agencies, Nodal allows surrogate mothers to pick families they want to work with. Nodal is a surrogacy-matching platform that uses tech to connect surrogate mothers with prospective parents. Prospective parents pay $500 per month to join the platform for the first six months. Nodal is launching with 30 surrogates and six times as many prospective parents and hopes to grow its team in time.

☆ 10 common pieces of abortion misinformation — debunked by a retired gynecologist
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-09 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

A retired gynecologist debunked common mistruths spread about the procedure by abortion opponents. While abortion has been a top issue among voters, McNabb said there is still a wealth of misinformation about the procedure. "Abortion does not cause breast cancer," McNabb said, noting that abortion opponents often base that argument on discredited studies. Another common claim is that medical abortions, which utilize Mifepristone and Misoprostol pills, are not safe for women. "The risk of abortions go up from first trimester up to the limit of when someone would perform an abortion," McNabb said.

☆ Imunizarea femeilor însărcinate și care alăptează; Maxim Călăraș: „Toate vaccinurile sunt eficiente”
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-17 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +5 min

Sursa foto: Facebook/Maxim CălărașImunizarea femeilor însărcinate și care alăptează; Maxim Călăraș: „Toate vaccinurile sunt eficiente”Pandemia cauzată de COVID-19 rămâne o problemă majoră de sănătate la nivel global, fiind raportate complicații și în cazul femeilor însărcinate. Starea a fost satisfăcătoare, au născut la termen, fără malformații, niciun caz raportat de acțiune negativă. Până în prezent, nu a fost raportat niciun caz în care fătul să fie afectat de acest vaccin. Iar în Republica Moldova nu există o categorie aparte de vaccin recomandată femeilor însărcinate și celor care alăptează, toate fiind la fel de eficiente. Medicul Maxim Călărăș a mai spus că atunci se injectează material străin în organism, sistemul imun în mod normal trebuie să reacționeze.

Persons: Maxim Călăraș, Maxim, ., Maxim Călărăș Organizations: Facebook, Ministerul Sănătății, Muncii, UNICEF Moldova, Journal Locations: Republicii Moldova, străinătate, Statele Unite, Republica Moldova

☆ A 41-year-old woman had a baby growing 'behind her ribs' — but had no idea until she went into labor
▼ + stars: | 2018-07-13 | by ( Caroline Praderio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Gynecologist Dr. Mary Jane Minkin told INSIDER that cases like this really can happen. "[It went]from my back to my front, there was a lot of pressure, and all of a sudden I started bleeding," Yakich told INSIDER in a recent interview. "[At the hospital] they put the ultrasound on me and the doctor said, 'Well, there's a baby in there,'" Yakich told INSIDER. Yakich told WNEM that doctors believed Gunnar grew "behind her ribs, up against her back" — a position that possibly obscured his development. "That is what my doctor told me about my other boy, Beau," Yakich told INSIDER. "

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