You May Be Feeling
Short essays exploring how you may be feeling these days.
Not so much what to do about those feelings.
But hopefully how to avoid the second arrow of judging them.
Season 2: The Mothering (Rational Tantrums)
Episodes released every Sunday (well, 3 out of 4).
You May Be Feeling
On Miscarriage
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Whenever a health professional asks me if I’ve been pregnant before, it takes me a second to remember how many times. I’ve had two children. I had an abortion in my 20’s. And I had a miscarriage before my first son. That’s four, I’ll remind myself. You’ve been pregnant four times.
The frequency of miscarriages is not matched by the amount of discussion they get. Some estimates suggest that about 1 in 4 pregnancies ends in miscarriage, making it a very unfortunate, but also quite likely scenario. Given that prevalence, and the massive impact a miscarriage can have on a woman, a couple, and more people beyond, we would do well to bring the subject a little further into the light.