DOCTOR-AUTHOR BOOK CHAT: LARA FREIDENFELDS, PHD

Dr. Monique Tello, a primary care doctor and author, interviewed me on her blog:

This month is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and women’s health historian, author, and friend Lara Freidenfelds just published a sensitive and practical book about pregnancy loss: The Myth of the Perfect Pregnancy: A History of Miscarriage in America. I am glad that I had the chance to chat with Dr. Freidenfelds about the book, her own personal experience that inspired her, and the significant challenges she overcame to complete this work...

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