pregnancy

But her heart is dying, the result of a rare and often fatal complication of pregnancy that disproportionately affects Black women.

Women are affected far more often than men, in part because the immune changes that protect pregnancy can later make the immune system more likely to turn against the body.

Her mother, who had her at 39, warned her about how much harder that late pregnancy was than her previous three.

At first, medical professionals figured the test result might be tied to her pregnancy.

They have lower rates of unplanned pregnancy and higher levels of education, on average, than women of older generations.