Women backing women, Mikva without an audience, and the politics of pregnancy and childbirth. For most healthy women, pregnancy is the first time you might find yourself doing serious research on health-related issues on the internet. Before you know it, you find yourself on forums in the midst of heated arguments about birthing, parenting, breastfeeding, you name it. Some of the most toxic conversations I’ve encountered take place when we talk about pregnancy and birthing. Our guest, Alex Fein, was in that position herself before and around pregnancy, and has begun to apply the skills she developed as a journalist and researcher, in navigating this often divided world.