Category: season 4
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Episode 49 The Mother Egg: A History of In-Vitro Fertilization
Sperm meets egg makes baby, should be simple right? Well if it were, infertility would not be a common struggle for millions of people around the world. But through incredible technology and research, assisted reproductive techniques have been created like in-vitro fertilization (IVF) have been created to help people get pregnant. And they work! Join…
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Episode 48 Melancholy Mothers: The history of Peripartum Psychiatry
Some people say that women ~ glow ~ when they are pregnant. Or that having a baby is one of the best memories they have. But did you know 80% of women have depressive symptoms in the week following childbirth? Or that ⅛ women develop a condition called postpartum depression? Some women are even at…
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Episode 47 The Wickedest Woman in New York: Madame Restell
Do you know how the wickedest woman in New York got her name? Ann Trow, or as she was better known, Madame Restell, was a prominent abortion provider in the late 1800s. She had no medical training, and yet started a business from the ground up, making medication abortion pills and doing surgical abortions. Her…
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Episode 46 Ovists vs. Spermists: The Discovery of Fertilization
Fertilization, conception, the miracle of life. The conjoining of egg and sperm. Women have been having babies since the beginning of time, so it makes you wonder. Did people always know where babies come from? Spoiler alert: they had no idea. Join us in this episode to see how famous physicians like Galen and Hippocrates…
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Episode 45 Free the Nip: Breasts Throughout History
There’s really no body part so politicized or fetishized than a woman’s breast. But this was not always the case. For hundreds of years, the breast was a primary symbol of nourishment and nurturance–the sign of a mother’s love. The story of the breast and how it has been perceived throughout history is a fascinating…
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