Three Days
As I was scrolling through Instagram this week, I came across a pretty interesting post. The photo was a headline saying “New Zealand to offer paid leave to parents after miscarriages.” I think is amazing, and I was thrilled to see it, so naturally I went to the caption to read more about it and my excitement twisted into anger. The caption read “Couples in New Zealand who experience a miscarriage or stillbirth will be given 3 days of paid leave.”
Three days.
If that doesn’t spark anger in you it really should. Now I have never had a child, nor have I ever miscarried a child. So I cannot truly understand the grief of the situation. However, I know it is something I never want to experience or for anyone I love to experience, because I can only assume that the grief is so great, it could nearly kill a person.
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Donegal fashionista got the opportunity to call the shots at the latest OK Magazine photoshoot with Nadine Coyle.
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Donegal fashionista, Nicola McLaughlin, got the opportunity to call the shots at the latest OK Magazine photoshoot, which featured Girls Aloud and I m a Celebrity star, Nadine Coyle.
It was something kinda ooooh when Nicola, who owns the Sequin Cinderella boutique in the seaside town, got an email from the glossy magazine inviting her to style the at home feature with the Derry pop star.
“Just because I didn’t walk out hospital with Aaliyah, I felt like I was being punished for that,” O’Donnell said. “That Facebook group showed me that I’m not the only one.”
Aaliyah was named after the R&B singer, one of her mother’s favorite artists. She had a Winnie the Pooh-themed nursery waiting for her in O’Donnell’s home. There was a shelf full of feminist baby books. All are now a reminder of a space she will never occupy, O’Donnell says.
In the hospital, her doula encouraged her to hold the baby she had spent months preparing her home and life for, and to take pictures of the their final moments in her arms.