Miscarriage

It would have seemed like an innocent enough question.

Loss of a child in pregnancy is a daily occurrence but rarely spoken about. Picture: File

Standing at the supermarket checkout, struggling slightly with a bulging belly as I hoisted heavy bags into the trolley, with no children in tow: ‘Will this be your first baby?’

The answer should be simple. If a one word response will suffice, I’ll have no problem. No, this is not my first baby, my first pregnancy. It is my seventh.

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  • Monique says:

    09:08pm | 13/02/10

    Interesting.  As a woman, I felt unable to talk about the loss of our boy twin, at 16 weeks,  with my husband.  I always felt that even though my husband grieved, he just wanted to put it all behind us and focus on our surviving girl twin as well as… Read more »

  • Liz says:

    04:18pm | 03/02/10

    Men suffer undoubtedly and glad it is being addressed but why bring competition into it?Very sad as if there isn’t enough pain and suffering around in this situation.Hope that those of you still with emotional pain will seek professioanl help and not try to go it alone.If you find the… Read more »

 

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