Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Mavis, a woman who was adopted at birth from Chicago. For ad-free, uncensored videos and plenty of exclusive content please subscribe to the Soft White Underbelly subscription channel at softwhiteunderbelly.com. It's $10 a month and watchable on Apple and Android mobile apps, Roku TV, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. 0:01 – Early Career and the Sadistic Pathologist 3:04 – Autopsies & Med School 8:08 – Reinventing Herself 10:30 – Falling in Love & Losing Her Grandmother 13:11 – Marriage, Business, & Motherhood 16:15 – Doris’s Suicide and Becoming Pregnant 19:00 – Husband Diagnosed With Cancer 21:07 – Renovating a Historic House 23:36 – Giving Birth & Medical Emergency 26:28 – Spinal Surgery and Recovery 29:12 – Founding a Daycare Center 31:34 – Flying With Babies and Cosmetic Surgery Stories 34:38 – Car Crash Survivor and Medical Reconstruction 37:20 – Raising a Bipolar Daughter and Her Death 40:14 – Retirement & Finding Her Birth Family 43:01 – Her Genetic Legacy 45:24 – Reflections on Survival, Success, and Love Here's how to purchase the Soft White Underbelly book and merch: https://softwhiteunderbelly.org. #swu #softwhiteunderbelly #documentary #marklaita #nature #nurture #adoption #relationships #humans #selflove