The article recounts a personal experience of a woman who faced significant challenges during her early pregnancy, including headaches, a COVID-19 diagnosis, and ultimately signs of a miscarriage. Throughout this ordeal, she struggled with anxiety over the health implications for her baby and felt overwhelmed by the lack of accessible reproductive healthcare options in her new area. The narrative highlights her feelings of isolation and fear, compounded by her unfamiliarity with local medical resources and the realities of potential pregnancy loss, culminating in a deep sense of resignation over her situation.
I started to bleed. I knew relatively little about pregnancy...but I knew, or felt I knew, that it was over. This was the mark of a miscarriage.
I came to resent my 'pregnancy pillow' – a strange curving white snake nearly the length of my body – and instead lay on the bedroom floor.
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