#MiscarriageInTheMedia

The Language of Loss #MiscarriageInTheMedia Ep.2

Published on October 11, 2018July 24, 2019 by outofhoursblogLeave a comment

Should we be changing the terminology we use to describe baby loss?

I read this article in The Guardian today:

I have just discovered Katy Lindemann. She is a woman who has unfortunately been through a tough fertility journey. She’s been through the whole lot – pregnancy loss, IVF and is now facing her next challenge infertility. She has a blog at Über Barrens Club where she tells an important story of people who have not been able to have a ‘take home baby’ of their own. She aims to share a story of hope to show that things can still be okay. I understand she is due to publish a book… I wait with bated breath.

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Baby Loss Awareness Week 2018

Published on October 9, 2018April 25, 2019 by outofhoursblog1 Comment

I am 1 in 4. I suffered recurrent miscarriage in silence… Miscarriage, stillbirth and infant loss affects so many of us and yet we do not speak about it. Why? Why in 2018 is this still taboo? October is baby loss awareness month so please, let’s get talking!!

I posted the above on my personal Facebook page a few days ago and I was overwhelmed by the response. Lots of other women also saying that they too were 1 in 4, with empathetic words for me. It proved to me that there is a myriad of women wanting to discuss this issue, to lift this taboo.

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