How Abortion Has Changed the Discussion of Miscarriage � Scissortail SILK
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It’s time to change the discussion of miscarriage – by starting one.
It is time to acknowledge the loss of neonatal life as…life… It is time
to stop expecting women and men who have experienced miscarriage to stay
silent in their own pain.
They have lost a child."
When people ask me how many kids I have, I say nine like I am expected to. The truth is I am the mom of 13. But people don't understand, and to try to explain that 4 of my babies died before I got the chance to hold them is too painful. So I take the easy way out and say 9. This is a disservice to my babies, though. They deserve to be remembered.
"
It’s time to change the discussion of miscarriage – by starting one.
It is time to acknowledge the loss of neonatal life as…life… It is time
to stop expecting women and men who have experienced miscarriage to stay
silent in their own pain.
They have lost a child."
When people ask me how many kids I have, I say nine like I am expected to. The truth is I am the mom of 13. But people don't understand, and to try to explain that 4 of my babies died before I got the chance to hold them is too painful. So I take the easy way out and say 9. This is a disservice to my babies, though. They deserve to be remembered.
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