Miscarriage and pregnancy loss in women s health vox.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vox.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
âI had three kids this morning bring up miscarriages of their family members,â she says. âThey talked about how devastating it was for their family and [wanted to understand] why not every pregnancy results in a live baby.â
A reported one in four pregnancies will end in miscarriage; the number may even be higher, given that many people do not know theyâre pregnant when their body passes a non-viable pregnancy. Yet to Christensenâs knowledge, miscarriage, much like abortion, is not included in public sexual education curricula.
âHonestly, probably because itâs too close to abortion,â Christensen says. âPeople are so uneducated about [miscarriage], and abortion is so politicized, that I think itâs one of those things where we leave it out in an effort not to get into trouble for something seen as controversial.â
Peanut has released a glossary of modernized terms as part of its Renaming Revolution to change the stigmatized discourse associated with fertility, pregnancy, and motherhood.
The glossary can be found on Peanut’s site and will be available as a reference for anyone to use when talking to women about their experiences, with the aim of creating a stigma-free future that empowers women.
Since announcing the Renaming Revolution in March, Peanut asked their community to share the outdated and hurtful terms that they have experienced first-hand to create a new glossary of updated terms.
The glossary was created with expert panelists including Amanda Montell, celebrated author and language scholar; Dr. Viviana Coles, Doctor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Houston Relationship Therapy; Dr. Jessica Zucker, psychologist and author specializing in reproductive and maternal mental health; and Dr. Somi Javaid, OB/GYN doctor, surgeon, and Founder of HerMD.
It’s about time medical terms like ‘inhospitable womb’ and ‘geriatric mothers’ had an upgrade
Many of the phrases that surrounded my fertility and pregnancy sound more suited to a Victorian dictionary than to women in 2021
Georgina Fuller approves of Peanut s campaign
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I remember glancing down at my midwife’s notes as I proudly cradled my newborn son and spotting a phrase I had never encountered before. I did a double take.
The reason for my emergency C-section, after an exhausting 47 hours of labour, was listed simply, devastatingly and accusingly as a “failure to progress”.
There was nothing about the fact he was a large baby in a back-to-back position, my wonky pelvis, the hours I had spent rolling around on a birthing ball or the fact that I had tried for two whole days to give birth “naturally”.
Peanut Releases Glossary of Modernized Terminology to Reform Harmful Vocabulary Around Fertility and Motherhood
The glossary, informed by leading industry experts, serves to replace outdated terms and equip people with new terminology that reflects the modern fertility, pregnancy and motherhood experiences Peanut, the first social network to connect women throughout all stages of motherhood, today released a glossary of modernized terms as part of its Renaming Revolution to change the stigmatized discourse associated with fertility, pregnancy, and motherhood. The glossary can be found on Peanut s site and will be available as a reference for anyone to use when talking to women about their experiences, with the aim of creating a stigma-free future that empowers women.