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1. Now for something non-ISIS’ey: Six days ago, our baby boy was born. I wanted to share my love for my amazing doctor, Jacqueline Worth, of Village Obstetrics. 
2. My early experience in pregnancy was of being treated like an invalid: Don’t do this, don’t do that and in practice after practice, expressions of shock at the suggestion that I should continue working as a foreign correspondent. Not so at @VillageOb: villageobstetrics.com
3. I met Jacqueline Worth of @VillageOb who did my labs, reviewed my health & didn’t bat an eye at the fact that a) I wanted to keep working (what, do people think this is a hobby for me?) and b) proceeded to help me do so safely. Under her constant watch, I was in 10 countries.
4. Including Tajikistan, Iraq and Syria, where of course I took more precautions than before. Most doctors see you from 9 to 5. My doctor answered texts at all hours of the day & night, helped me make decisions and allowed me to report in the field until I was 7.5 months pregnant
5. In New York in most practices you see a doctor during your various ultrasounds but all bets are off at delivery. Is it happening on a weekend? You might be getting someone different. At @VillageOb you get one of two doctors: Dr Worth or Dr Moussalli who attend **every** birth
6. Birth is also heavily medicalized in New York, with a 40% rate of C sections. Dr Worth sees an older population of women (in their 40s and up) and her practice’s rate is under 10%. That takes real commitment to the health of your patients
7. It was Dr Worth who suggested I hire my Doula Sara Dick (@jamindick ) and my God was I glad I did. Birth exposes you to the most momentous decisions I have ever made. To have her as a sounding board when I was in deep and unrelenting pain was a salve: birthfocusnyc.com/birth-doulas-n…
8. With their help, I left the frontline of Baghuz when I was at 7.5 months having done reporting I’m truly proud of. My ultrasound that month was at this Syrian doctor’s office. I came home & gave lectures in another three states. The day my water broke, I filed a Page 1 story
I am deeply grateful to you Dr Worth and Sara. Thank you 🙏 for your skill, your wisdom and your support. More here: villageobstetrics.com and here: birthfocusnyc.com
10. Dr Worth’s new book, “The New Rules of Pregnancy” was my guide during these last few months. Highly recommend: amazon.com/New-Rules-Preg…
