The author recounts the painful journey through three miscarriages, detailing the emotional turmoil and loss of control experienced at each stage. Each miscarriage was marked by stark clinical reality, underscoring the unpredictability of pregnancy. Despite planning and hope, the stark realities of loss serve to highlight the limits of control. The narrative is interwoven with personal moments and an ironic contrast to the broader world, as the author recalls important events occurring simultaneously, encapsulating the deep emotional conflict of grief amidst societal normalcy.
I had not ordered the upgraded version, the miscarriage with a side of miscarriage.
The day I learned my pregnancy ended was March 1, 2022, but I remember it mostly as also being the day of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address.
You can just wait to miscarry naturally, she said, but she didn't recommend that option. She explained that it can take days, weeks, even months before your body realizes the baby has stopped growing.
Her office would give me medicine to manage the anxiety, medicine to manage the nausea, medicine to manage the pain.
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