Divorce: More than a rollercoaster ride, it’s a race car driving through twists and turns that would be enough to intimidate even the most experienced driver — and leave them filling their tank with anxiety. Unfortunately, real life is not NASCAR, and we’re not Danica Patrick. As parents, all we have is our best intentions, a good lawyer (hopefully), and seemingly endless stacks of paperwork.  But what about our pint-sized passengers? Yes, I’m talking about our kids! Just like us, shek

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. My autism diagnosis started with a man. It’s not the beginning to a journey of self-discovery that I — a “strident” feminist (and human) — would have wanted at the age of 39, but it’s the one I got. A man I’d never met, sporting sunglasses in all of his online dating photos. I’d upset him by making an shek

Building a family doesn’t look the same for everyone. For LGBTQ+ couples, there are a range of options, some of which include surrogacy, sperm donation, In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), or what’s called reciprocal IVF.   Also known as co-IVF or co-maternity, reciprocal IVF involves two people with uteruses. One partner in the reproductive equation has their eggs stimulated and retrieved, and then fertilized with the help of a sperm. The other partner has the fertilized embryo implanted into their uterus shek

“Can they arrest me if they find out I traveled to another state and had an abortion? Can they try to take my children away?” These are just a couple of the questions my patient asked during a recent after-hours call.  Her fears are justified — many patients now face a chilling new reality in this post-Roe America.  Since the conservative majority on the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed the right to an abortion in any state shek

Unfortunately, breast cancer is all too common, and it can happen to anyone. 12 percent of U.S. women are expected to develop breast cancer at some point in their lives — that’s 1 in 8. Not to mention that Black women are more likely to be diagnosed with a more severe form of it called triple-negative breast cancer.  In hopes of raising awareness about early prevention and treatment options, which may give people a better chance of survival, many celebrities shek