A glossary of miscarriage terms - Miscarriage
Doctors have a habit of throwing around all kinds of medical terms when discussing miscarriage -- many of them being abrasive and insensitive, not to mention questionable in accuracy. After receiving devastating news of a pregnancy, patients have ... [... more]
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Google Scholar - Learn about miscarriage causes from the ...
After I had my second miscarriage, I became a research junkie. I wanted to read every single thing I could get my hands on to understand what had happened to me. I felt like my doctors were giving me the runaround and I had a strong pull to ... [... more]
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Miscarriage Words - A few more thoughts on lingo - ...
I've written in the past on how insulting it is that so much of the medical literature out there still refers to miscarriages as "abortions." If you read a medical text, for some reason it is still so common to view any terminated pregnancy -- . [... more]
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Thoughts:
Having a miscarriage often brings some uncomfortable decisions. After diagnosing a miscarriage, doctors commonly recommend or suggest a D & C; to remove the remaining tissue. This surgical procedure makes it almost certain that everything comes ... [... more]
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Opinion: The Insensitive Language of Miscarriage - ...
If you saw a doctor after your miscarriage, you probably heard him or her refer to "spontaneous abortion," which is a term that many doctors use to refer to miscarriage. In my opinion, this is one of the most horrible and insensitive -- not to . [... more]
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Rh factor and miscarriages - Miscarriage
Do you know your blood type? If you don't, there's a slim chance that you could be at risk for RH complications in the future. 15% of women in the US are negative for a substance in the blood called "Rh factor," and if you're one of them, there' [... more]
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Study examines Metformin as a possible miscarriage ...
At Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, a study is underway looking at Metformin -- an insulin sensitizing drug -- as a potential recurrent pregnancy loss treatment. According to study leader Dr. Kelle Moley, associate ... [... more]
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Thoughts on first trimester miscarriages and the ...
When I was watching the miscarriage headlines in Google this week, I stumbled across a disturbing story of a woman suing a hospital because she had to wait six hours for treatment when she went in for vaginal bleeding. I wanted to post some ... [... more]
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Reasons to have a D & C;
If your miscarriage takes place in the late first trimester, or if you've learned your baby has stopped growing but show no signs of miscarrying, then your doctor may ask you if you want to undergo an operation called a D & C;, which stands for ... [... more]
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What do you wish people knew about miscarriage? - ...
As you probably know, there aren't nearly enough miscarriage support resources out there. Many of the books that have been written are by doctors who have no qualms about using hurtful terminology and who don't understand what it's truly like to ... [... more]
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Don't
Gosh, I'd be a millionaire if I had a dollar for every miscarriage article I've read that begins with a line like this. It's striking how many authors approach the subject of miscarriage by stating the obvious. Anyone who's ever been through a ... [... more]
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Where to find miscarriage and pregnancy loss information ...
Often after diagnosing you with miscarriage, health care practitioners send you off on your merry way without any clue of why it happened (other than flimsy mentions of "it must have been bad luck") or where you can turn for support. The state [... more]
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