a day without spotting is like...
no spotting yesterday or today.
discomfort, some aches, nothing
debilitating, just some little screams
that seem to say "hey, your female
parts are a little pissed off."
took a brisk walk with G. today to
the library and back. had to slow
down halfway there. a little out
of shape.
I spoke with a woman from "Compassionate
Friends," a grief support group for parents
who have lost a child. They don't really
have anything for miscarriage loss, but
she said she would refer me to anyone
who contacts her who has miscarried if
they would like to speak with other women.
so much silence around this topic.
I met a successful woman (television
producer) and she talked about her
pregnancies - one in the 1960s and
the other in the 1970s. "There was
so much progress from my first
pregnancy to my second," she said.
"Probably so, but there has been very
little progress from 1978 until today,"
I responded and told her how the books
that I checked out of the library on
miscarriage had nearly identical information
as what I'm receiving now from my own
doctor. Particularly the claim that "We
cannot know why you miscarried. Most
likely it was a genetic defect but there is
really no way of knowing."
this is 2004, not the dark ages.
then again, when it comes to women's
health, every age is a dark age.
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