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People Have Misconceptions
About Miscarriage, And That
Can Hurt
Most people think a miscarriage
is rare, and many believe that if a
woman loses a pregnancy that
she brought it upon herself.
Neither of those things is true,
but the enduring beliefs cause
great pain to women and their
partners.
In fact, almost half of people who
have experienced a miscarriage
or whose partner has had one
feel guilty, according to a survey
to be published Monday in
Obstetrics & Gynecology. More
than a quarter of them felt
shame. Many felt they'd lost a
child.
"It's irrational, but there is such a
deep shame attached to not
being able to carry a baby to
term…. I don't want another
baby, I want THIS baby."
When NPR asked visitors to its
Facebook page to tell us what
they wished people knew about
miscarriage, the response was
overwhelming — 200 emails and
counting, many heartbreaking.
Their sentiments often echoed
what the survey found.
"I wish people knew how much
it's possible to miss a person you
have never met, and to mark time
by their absence," wrote one
woman. "I will always think
about how old my baby would
be now and what our lives
would be like if I hadn't lost the
pregnancy."
The survey came about after Dr.
Zev Williams realized that many of
his patients had misconceptions
about miscarriage. "I'd tell them
how common a miscarriage was,
and they seemed shocked," says
Williams, an OB-GYN who directs
the Program for Early and
Recurrent Pregnancy Loss at
Einstein College of Medicine of
Yeshiva University and
Montefiore Medical Center in New
York.
For full article visit:
www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/05/08/404913568/people-have-misconceptions-about-miscarriage-and-that-hurts
About Miscarriage, And That
Can Hurt
Most people think a miscarriage
is rare, and many believe that if a
woman loses a pregnancy that
she brought it upon herself.
Neither of those things is true,
but the enduring beliefs cause
great pain to women and their
partners.
In fact, almost half of people who
have experienced a miscarriage
or whose partner has had one
feel guilty, according to a survey
to be published Monday in
Obstetrics & Gynecology. More
than a quarter of them felt
shame. Many felt they'd lost a
child.
"It's irrational, but there is such a
deep shame attached to not
being able to carry a baby to
term…. I don't want another
baby, I want THIS baby."
When NPR asked visitors to its
Facebook page to tell us what
they wished people knew about
miscarriage, the response was
overwhelming — 200 emails and
counting, many heartbreaking.
Their sentiments often echoed
what the survey found.
"I wish people knew how much
it's possible to miss a person you
have never met, and to mark time
by their absence," wrote one
woman. "I will always think
about how old my baby would
be now and what our lives
would be like if I hadn't lost the
pregnancy."
The survey came about after Dr.
Zev Williams realized that many of
his patients had misconceptions
about miscarriage. "I'd tell them
how common a miscarriage was,
and they seemed shocked," says
Williams, an OB-GYN who directs
the Program for Early and
Recurrent Pregnancy Loss at
Einstein College of Medicine of
Yeshiva University and
Montefiore Medical Center in New
York.
For full article visit:
www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/05/08/404913568/people-have-misconceptions-about-miscarriage-and-that-hurts
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even if it's a unborn baby, still they are baby..
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