What does Sarah's experience with her pregnancy and Bell's palsy show about women's health care?

The subject of women's health care is mostly discussed in the early section of the book when Sarah is experiencing the difficult pregnancy and birth of her twins. First, there is an extreme lack of knowledge and a large amount of shame surrounding pregnancy that discourages women from talking about things such as miscarriages, maternal death rates, and the way that women's bodies can suffer after the birth itself. Furthermore, there are many cases where women's issues are either dismissed or treated with less care than men. An example of this is the concept of the rest cure that isolated women from others and their personal enjoyments to treat so-called hysteria or even pregnancy. There are even examples of doctors who initially dismisses Sarah's concerns or neglects to do a thorough bout...