Bee Harris for NPR Everything was hush hush. No one spoke of loss, at least not in my circle. You know, there was no support system.
That s how Marilyn Abrahams of New Jersey described her pregnancy loss, which happened back in 1993. Even today, it s a deeply painful and traumatic experience that, as a society, we don t talk about nearly enough.
In honor of Black Maternal Health Week, Life Kit teamed up with the hosts of the podcast docuseries NATAL to share this story about coping with pregnancy loss. Listen to NATAL here, and follow them here.
Between 10 and 15 percent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage, according to March of Dimes and it s likely that number is even higher when unknown pregnancies are taken into account. And the National Institutes of Health estimates that Black women are twice as likely to suffer both early pregnancy loss and stillbirths than white women.
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When the pandemic struck Texas in April 2020, health care providers were forced to stop offering abortions but demand for them didn’t go away. Clinic staffers fielded an influx of anxious phone calls from confused people, talking each caller through their options: an out-of-state-referral, or holding out and waiting for the end of COVID-19 restrictions.
“My standard spiel was like, ‘I don’t know when we’re going to reopen. I have a list with your name on it, and as soon as I find out, I’m gonna let you know. But if you don’t want to wait, here’s where you can go,’” says Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Texas. She referred about 20 to 30 people during the month-long clinic closure to colleagues in Alabama, New Mexico, and as far away as Illinois and California.