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miscarriage in my life and it was the worst physical and emotional pain I have ever experienced. My partner was far from compassionate and practically told me to get over it and we can have another one. He said it wasn’t a “baby” yet. Even the doctor explained to me that “it” couldn’t feel anything at this stage and I should just move on and forget about it.<a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200114224449.htm">Recent studies</a> have revealed that women can experience post-traumatic stress disorder even years after a miscarriage took place. Therefore, it is vital that more compassionate care is offered to women who experience a miscarriage. Long term counseling and emotional support are necessary to facilitate the healing process.Many women experience miscarriage on their own in their homes and often they are expected to just get on with it and move past it. After all, how can you grieve a non-baby? It wasn’t a baby yet! If I hear that sentence one more time, I’m going

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to scream!I miscarried at week 12, all I keep hearing is “move on.” At this stage, a woman needs a warm hug, a hot water bottle, and some intense love from her partner. Understanding and compassion when she needs to curl up in bed and cry all day. Buckets of ice cream if she needs it and space and time if she requests it.Please accept that a miscarriage is an unimaginable loss, it’s not a throwaway experience that can be dismissed and ignored.It is not just a period pad soaked with blood and a few trips to the bathroom. It is death that has to be acknowledged, not cast away like a whistle in the wind.For all the babies that never made it…you are loved. For all the women who experienced such a terrible loss…you are visible, you are loved.Let her grieve, please let her grieve.Join my mailing list for free, exclusive content and giveaways>>> <a href="https://linktr.ee/AbenaIbtihaj">Sign up</a></article></body>

Let women grieve after miscarriage “get over it” is the worst thing you can say to a grieving woman

According to MarchofDimes.org, 15 in 100 pregnancies end in miscarriage within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Miscarriages can take place in the first 23 weeks of pregnancy and they happen more often than people think.

I have experienced one miscarriage in my life and it was the worst physical and emotional pain I have ever experienced. My partner was far from compassionate and practically told me to get over it and we can have another one. He said it wasn’t a “baby” yet. Even the doctor explained to me that “it” couldn’t feel anything at this stage and I should just move on and forget about it.

Recent studies have revealed that women can experience post-traumatic stress disorder even years after a miscarriage took place. Therefore, it is vital that more compassionate care is offered to women who experience a miscarriage. Long term counseling and emotional support are necessary to facilitate the healing process.

Many women experience miscarriage on their own in their homes and often they are expected to just get on with it and move past it. After all, how can you grieve a non-baby? It wasn’t a baby yet! If I hear that sentence one more time, I’m going to scream!

I miscarried at week 12, all I keep hearing is “move on.” At this stage, a woman needs a warm hug, a hot water bottle, and some intense love from her partner. Understanding and compassion when she needs to curl up in bed and cry all day. Buckets of ice cream if she needs it and space and time if she requests it.

Please accept that a miscarriage is an unimaginable loss, it’s not a throwaway experience that can be dismissed and ignored.

It is not just a period pad soaked with blood and a few trips to the bathroom. It is death that has to be acknowledged, not cast away like a whistle in the wind.

For all the babies that never made it…you are loved. For all the women who experienced such a terrible loss…you are visible, you are loved.

Let her grieve, please let her grieve.

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