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Podcast: StartUp Health NOW Podcast
Episode: Why Wingwomen Took the Leap from Virtual Support to Real-World Care for Reproductive Health
Description: When Adonica Shaw founded Wingwomen, it was to address a very specific, personal need. Shaw had experienced a difficult pregnancy – preeclampsia turned an otherwise healthy pregnancy into a medical emergency. Afterward she looked around and there was no one to talk to about what she’d been through and nowhere she felt she could go for advice.
So she built a safe space to talk about issues around women’s health and maternal health. It was all virtual at first and provided curated communities of support.
But one day Shaw realized that there were services she wanted to provide to her cu...