• "A must-read by a person on the frontlines."

    — Amy Schumer

  • "Labor and Deliverance is a powerful and deeply needed exploration of women’s health, trauma, and healing. Dr. Tracy Shevell bravely exposes the ways women are dismissed inside modern medicine while offering a more compassionate, whole-person vision of care that honors the body, the emotional experience, and the wisdom women carry within themselves. This book is the companion you deserve in your healing journey."

    — Dr. Nicole LePera, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Do the Work,
    How to Be the Love You Seek, and Reparenting the Inner Child

  • "Dr. Tracy Shevell has written the book women have been waiting for—a fierce, unflinching examination of a medical system that too often fails us at our most vulnerable moments. Labor and Deliverance is part medical memoir, part rallying cry, and entirely essential reading. Through her own harrowing journey and the stories of her patients, Dr. Shevell exposes how women are dismissed, gaslit, and told our pain is 'just anxiety' while demanding we accept nothing less than the care we deserve. This is a roadmap for reclaiming our power in doctors' offices, delivery rooms, and beyond. Every woman—and every person who loves a woman—needs to read this book."

    — Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action and bestselling author of
    Fired Up and Fight Like a Mother

  • "In this wise and deeply compassionate book, obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Tracy Shevell shares stories from her life and from the exam room that remind us that being a patient—and being a doctor—requires honesty, courage, and partnership. She truly has written a generous guide to navigating our own healthcare with clarity, dignity, and heart."

    — Dr. Beth Ricanati, award-winning author of Braided

  • "With remarkable courage, tenderness, and breathtaking honesty, Dr. Tracy Shevell challenges the ways women have been conditioned to disconnect from themselves inside modern medicine. Labor and Deliverance is at once illuminating and deeply humane. This book is both a reckoning and a gift."

    — Jessica Zucker, PhD, MPH, psychologist and award-winning author of
    Normalize It and I Had a Miscarriage

Meet Dr. Tracy

I'm Dr. Tracy Shevell, MD, FACOG, a board-certified high-risk OB-GYN with 25 years of experience in academic medicine, based in the New York City metropolitan area.

I trained at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, completed my residency at Mount Sinai and my Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship at Columbia University, and spent 17 years as an Attending and Director of Perinatal Ultrasound at Stamford Health.

After two decades of watching women's symptoms get minimized and their intuition dismissed, I developed a complex mystery illness of my own and experienced that same dismissal firsthand. It reshaped how I listen, how I teach, and what I believe women deserve from the people caring for them.

My work now centers the full arc of a woman's life, from early adulthood through the mothering years, perimenopause, and menopause. I blend clinical expertise with emotional intelligence and whole-person healing, translating complicated medical topics into clear, usable information that helps women advocate for themselves with confidence.

On social media @tracyshevellmd, my community knows me as their doctor best friend, the one who tells the truth, explains the nuance, and helps them put words to the hard parts. Through my private medical advisory practice, speaking, writing, and consulting work, I partner with women and the organizations that serve them to change what care can feel like.

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