Ep 3: Why is the Ob-Gyn Relationship Falling Short?

Trigger warning: This audio documentary contains uncensored language and raw content, presented in the context of real-life stories including topics such as miscarriage and suicide.

Caught in a cascade of systemic pressures, OB/GYNs lack the time and infrastructure needed to provide compassionate emotional care, even though most want to be able to provide this kind of support to their patients. In this chapter, Lindsey exposes gaps in the US healthcare system and how the system fails pregnant Americans.

Featuring Dr. Nazanin Silver (former OB/GYN, current gynecologic psychiatrist) and Catherine Monk (clinical psychologist and director of Women’s Mental Health @OB/GYN at Columbia University), along with the firsthand experiences of research respondents who were brave enough to share.

The Invisible Weight is hosted by Lindsey Wehking and is a production of Nonfiction Research, commissioned by Twill.

For more information about the research, visit theinvisibleweight.com

For more information about how Twill can support pregnant Americans, visit twill.health/pregnancy