Miscarriage

My Friend Got Pregnant! Why Can't I Be Happier For Her?

Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Pregnancy, Friendship, Female Friendship, Girlfriends, Friend Got Pregnant, Jealousy, Pregnancy Jealousy, Miscarriage, Women News
Claire Bidwell Smith

When I was 26 years old, two of my best friends became pregnant within a month of each other. Upon word of their news, I promptly burst into tears -- ...

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Women Have Staggering Number Of Unplanned Pregnancies In Their 20s, Report Shows

Posted 04.25.2012

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By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 04/25/2012 08:02 AM EDT on LiveScience More than two-thirds of pregnancies in unmarri...

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Medical Research Explains Frida Kahlo's Infertility And Imagery

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Dr. Fernando Antelo, Video, Miscarriage, Art Meets Science, Infertility, Frida Kahlo Disease, Frida Kahlo, Frida Kahlo Infertility, Female Artists, Ucla Medicine, Asherman's Syndrome, Arts News

Frida Kahlo's works conveyed complex physical and psychological turmoil, often with astounding anatomical accuracy. Infertility remained a motif throu...

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The Education of a Miscarriage

Kelly Trotter King | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Marriage, Women, Education, Miscarriage, Women's Health, Pregnancy, Parenting, Faith, Spirituality, Women News
Kelly Trotter King

Sometimes though, life is paradoxical and the teacher becomes the student. A few weeks ago, I suffered a devastating miscarriage. It was my first pregnancy and I was eight weeks along. The news was shocking and came on an early Thursday morning.

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From Infertility to Asia: One Woman's Journey to Conceive

Layla Revis | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Travel, Fertility, Women's Health, Books, Miscarriage, Infertility, Memoir, Amerikarma, Sarah Ivens, Books News
Layla Revis

Sarah Ivens documented her journey for herself and others searching to conceive in Amerikarma: Good Things Happen to Those Who Can't Wait: one part travel memoir, one part healing.

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Using Art To Illuminate The Taboo Of Miscarriage

Clare Winterton | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Global Motherhood, Pregnancy, Art, Miscarriage, Miscarriages, Impact News
Clare Winterton

Why is it that, in a world where almost every aspect of motherhood is discussed and dissected, the incredibly common reality of miscarriage is still so hidden? Why is the pain that so many women experience intensified by the sense that their experience is shameful or should be kept secret?

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After 14 Miscarriages, Mom Welcomes Baby Girl

Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Video, Miscarriage, Woman Suffered 14 Miscarriages, Woman Has Baby, Woman Lost 16 Children, English Woman Gives Birth After 14 Miscarriages, Miscarriages Lead to Healthy Baby, Maria Pridmore, Mom Has 14 Miscarriages, Maria Pridmore Baby, Woman Gives Birth, Parents News

After a series of heartbreaks, a British mother has given birth to a healthy baby girl. Over the years, Maria Pridmore has suffered through 14 misc...

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Fetus Found In Philly Sewer Pipe

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Abortion, Philadelphia Weird, Miscarriage, Video, Fetus, Kensington, Plumbing, Clogged Toilet, Unborn Fetus, Fetus Found in Sewer Pipe, Weird News News

Philadelphia cops are investigating the discovery of a fetus in a sewer pipe at a home in the Kensington area on Monday. Plumbers made the discover...

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Russell Crowe Saved My LIfe

Dori Hartley | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Quantum Physics, Estrogen, Miscarriage, Gladiator, Russell Crowe, Pregnancy, Cancer, Butterfly Effect, Women News
Dori Hartley

Was I a general who became a slave who became a gladiator that gave an ass whoopin' to the Emperor of Rome? Hell no. I was just Dori -- a married mother of two in New Jersey.

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Why I'm Scared To Have A Baby

BritChick Paris | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Scared to Have a Baby, Miscarriage, Pregnancy and Emotions, Having a Baby After 40, Infertility, Parents News
BritChick Paris

I now realize I needed the miscarriage to work through some of these feelings before it happens again. I just wasn't ready. The big question now is when will I be ready?

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'Gossip Girl' Recap: Top 5 OMG Moments

Laura Prudom | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Miscarriage, TV Recaps, Reality-Free, Infidelity, Gossip Girl, The CW, Catholicism, Video, Slidepollajax, TV Canada, TV News
Laura Prudom

It's depressing that something as serious and emotionally devastating as a miscarriage can be used as such a throwaway plot device, but sadly, it's been a foregone conclusion ever since Blair's ill-advised pregnancy storyline was introduced.

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Why Miscarrying Will Make Me A Great Mum

BritChick Paris | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Miscarriage, Miscarriage Grief, Grief, Coping With Miscarriage, Global Motherhood, Grieving, Loss-of-Children, Parents News
BritChick Paris

I guess I had my pregnancy test-run. I know the lay of the land now. I am ready for the next time, if it is meant to be.

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Katherine Bindley

Michelle Duggar Miscarries, Plans To Name The Baby

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 12.14.2011

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Michelle Duggar, the mother of America's biggest family -- or at least its most well-known one, thanks to reality television -- was five months into h...

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10 Things Not To Say to a Woman Who's Had a Miscarriage

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Duggars, Miscarriage, Michelle Duggar, Prenatal Loss, Grief, Death-of-Child, Motherhood, Michelle Duggar Miscarriage, Stillbirths, Parents News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

I don't intend to speak for all women who have suffered a prenatal loss, but in the midst of all the beautiful, supportive things people said to me, there were a few things that really bothered me.

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Michelle Duggar Suffers Miscarriage

AP | Posted 02.07.2012

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas woman who stars on the TLC reality show "19 Kids and Counting" has suffered a miscarriage after announcing she w...

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Amanda M. Fairbanks

Occupy Seattle Protester Alleges Miscarriage After Pepper Spray Incident

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 11.23.2011

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NEW YORK -- In recent weeks, the repeated use of pepper spray by police officers against Occupy Wall Street protesters has elicited widespread critici...

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Michele Bachmann's Body: A Potential Crime Scene?

Cristina Page | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Abortion, Miscarriage, Pro-Life, Crime, Pro-Choice, Michele Bachmann Abortion, Michele Bachmann Miscarriage, Miscarriage as Crime, Michele Bachmann, Video, Politics News
Cristina Page

Bachmann should think twice about serving up her miscarriage as proof of her pro-life credentials. In the future she dreams of for American women, it could be circumstantial evidence.

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Pregnancy After Breast Cancer

Alice Crisci | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Miscarriage, Fertility, Breast Cancer, Infertility, Pregnancy, Healthy Living Body, Brease Cancer Awareness Month, Fertility-Preservation, Healthy Living News
Alice Crisci

Ever since I was a little girl, I've known I wanted to be a mother. That's why I put the $20,000 cost of fertility preservation on my American Express card.

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Am I Talking To A Boy Or Girl?

Staceyann Chin | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Lesbian Mother, Miscarriage, Bv-Life, Lesbian, Single Motherhood, Pregnancy, Knowing Sex of Baby, Bed-Rest-During-Pregnancy, Black Voices News
Staceyann Chin

From the moment I began to tell folks I was carrying a little person inside me, I've been dodging the question of gender/sex. And because I decided beforehand that I would not find out, I would seek out the most creative ways to sidestep the question.

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Life After Miscarriage

Tessa Blake | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Miscarriage Quotes, Miscarriage, Miscarriage Aftermath, Miscarriage Grief, Miscarriage Recovery, Miscarriage Stories, Parents News
Tessa Blake

People say really annoying things to you when you're trying to have a baby and can't. I mean, people say annoying things all the time, but loss just seems to render them puerile.

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Lily Allen Opens Up About Miscarriage, Eating Disorder

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lily Allen, Miscarriage, Entertainment, Lily Allen Baby, Celebrity Body, Lily Allen Weight, Lily-Allen-Body-Dysmorphic-Disorder, Pregnancy, Lily Allen Miscarriage, Lily Allen Documentary, Entertainment News

It's been a hard year for Lily Allen, and now, the British singing star is revealing an intimate look at her struggles as they happened. According ...

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Weekly Pulse: The Republicans' War On Women

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Bobbie Franklin, RH Reality Check, Gold Coins, Shutdown, South Dakota, Republican, Life, Government, Mother Jones, Scott Walker, Andy Kroll, Contraception, Tea Party, Title X, Daniel Tencer, Abortion, Women, Miscarriage, House, Medicaid, Care2, Robin Marty, Choice, Julianne Hing, Tapped, Birth Control, Nick Baumann, Wisconsin, Georgia, Lindsay Beyerstein, Raw Story, Home News
The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The entire federal government might shut down over birth control. Yes, birth control. This special e...

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In Praise of Midwives: Having a Baby Is Not an Illness

Nancy Cronk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Birth, Molar Preganancy, High Risk Pregnancy, Midwives, Hospital, Pregnancy, Obstetrician, Midwifery, Chorio-Carcinoma, Trophoblastic Disease, Hydatidiform Mole, Baby, Midwife, Childbirth, Miscarriage, Home News
Nancy Cronk

To the thousands of midwives who hold hands, comfort hearts, wipe tears, share smiles, and grow families, you have my undying respect and appreciation forever.

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What Is The Role Of Theology In The Abortion Debate?

Clay Farris Naff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Abortion, Politics, Religion, Roe v Wade, Fetus, Roe v. Wade, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Pro Choice, Miscarriage, Civil Rights, Theology, Anti Choice, Chris Smith, Pro Life, March for Life, Mark Ivany, National Mall, Religion News
Clay Farris Naff

A particular theology can never make a good basis for public policy. Anti-choice advocates believe they are a majority, but their position amounts to religious tyranny all the same.

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The Lucky One: I'm Pregnant But My Best Friend Miscarried

Susan Kane | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Friendship, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Parenting, Family, Healthy Living News
Susan Kane

by Jenny Feldon 35 weeks. It seems almost impossible that this much time has gone by since I first saw that pink plus sign on a white plastic stick....

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