Hidden Struggles after Pregnancy Loss
I wanted to share my story in a different way today by focusing on another perspective of life after loss.
For those of you who are new here, my daughter was stillborn at 40 wks. 5 days, July 2019. It’s been 4 years since I lost my baby and because of her I’m here educating others about pregnancy loss and working on normalizing this human experience without using trigger warnings so that there is no longer shame or guilt around stillbirth or miscarriage at least from external factors- other people making us feel that way.
Normalizing Pregnancy Loss: Start the Conversation.
Normalizing refers to the process of making something more common, accepted usually within society or a culture. So when we are talking about normalizing pregnancy loss, I’m referring to the idea that it should be an accepted practice and people should be able to openly discuss stillbirth or miscarriage without any fear of judgment or feeling shame. Isn’t it crazy we are trying to normalize, DEATH? Unfortunately our society likes to steer as far from death as possible. Even though just like birth, it is natural and coming for us all lol. I think because it is a scary notion, not knowing what is next, if there is anything that we try to avoid it. It’s uncomfortable, so we avoid it. But guess what isn’t helping these families? AVOIDING THESE CONVERSATIONS.