Finding the right words to express the loss of a child during pregnancy can be impossible, especially given the stigma surrounding abortion, which makes it harder for women to talk about how they feel.
Failure (miscarriage) is when an embryo or fetus dies before the 20th week of pregnancy. Spontaneous abortion usually occurs within the first 3 months of pregnancy. Many women experience it. In fact, 10-20% of pregnancies end in abortion.
Chrissy Teigen's statement - which lost her child on Wednesday - was followed by numerous posts on social media, noting the approach that emphasizes that the word "failure" should no longer be used.
For years, women who have lost a child have faced a sense of guilt, which in some cases has been driven by inappropriate comments from men. Most of them experience a wrong feeling and feel guilty.
In reality, miscarriages do not occur for any particular reason, or wrong actions on the part of the mother. Most are due to chromosomal abnormalities that make embryo development impossible.
On social media many women are proposing that the word "failure" not be used because it contributes to guilt and implies a failure on the part of the mother.
- October is the month of awareness about pregnancy and loss of babies.
Sources: PlannedParenthood.org, Glamor
