40 WINKS BLOG

Child Safety Advocate Leslie Bangamba Turns Trauma Into Knowledge

Trigger Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of medical circumstances (including miscarriage and child hospitalization etc.) that may...

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A Home Birth Meets Hospital Story

Trigger warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of medical circumstances (including hospitalization etc.) that may cause distressing psyc...

My Birth Story

My Birth Story: Farnoosh Torabi

Trigger Warning: This article mentions loss and/or miscarriage. Farnoosh Torabi is a financial expert and host of the podcast So Money, which hig...

My Birth Story

My Birth Story: Fanm Mon's Sophia Demirtas

Sophia Demirtas is the Haiti-born, Turkey-based designer behind Fanm Mon. After years as the director of a homeless shelter in New York City, Demir...

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My Birth Story: Jennifer Justice

Jennifer Justice—better known as JJ—is the CEO of The Justice Dept. and mother to twins Nico and Jack, age 7. An established NYC entertainment atto...

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My Birth Story: Tonya Lee Lewis

Earlier this summer, we featured Breighl Robbins, the founder of Ebi, a plant-based postpartum care brand. Today, we’re on to yet another female-fo...

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My Birth Story: Guinwa Zeineddine

Guinwa Zeineddine is a former pageant queen, TV Host, and content creator. As the winner of Miss Arab USA (2014), Guinwa has always used her plat...

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My Birth Story: Breighl Robbins

Breighl Robbins is a Boston-based mother to three-year-old Phyllis and the founder of Ebi, a plant-based postpartum care brand. "Each of the produc...

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My Birth Story: Carly Cardellino

ED NOTE: This interview was conducted and this story was written pre-COVID-19. Carly Cardellino is the former beauty director of Cosmopolitan magaz...

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My [COVID-19] Birth Story: Carly Cushnie

Carly Cushnie is the Creative Director and CEO of CUSHNIE, a womenswear brand known for sexy dresses and perfect proportions. “As a woman," she sa...

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My Birth Story: Sarah Hoover

Trigger Warning: This article mentions loss and/or miscarriage. Sarah Hoover is a wickedly sharp, smart, and witty director of Gagosian’s Chelsea...

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My Birth Story: Rachel Sklar

Rachel Sklar is the co-Founder and CEO of TheLi.st, a “visibility platform for awesome women,” which began as an email listserv. She’s written for ...

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40 WINKS BLOG

Child Safety Advocate Leslie Bangamba Turns Trauma Into Knowledge

A Home Birth Meets Hospital Story

My Birth Story: Farnoosh Torabi

My Birth Story: Fanm Mon's Sophia Demirtas

My Birth Story: Jennifer Justice

My Birth Story: Tonya Lee Lewis

My Birth Story: Guinwa Zeineddine

My Birth Story: Breighl Robbins

My Birth Story: Carly Cardellino

My [COVID-19] Birth Story: Carly Cushnie

My Birth Story: Sarah Hoover

My Birth Story: Rachel Sklar