If you knew an almost 39-year old woman who'd had three miscarriages, a massive placental abruption during delivery that killed her son, and unexplained hemorrhaging during a D&C, would you wonder why she would even consider trying to get pregnant again?
What if you found out that she also has one blocked fallopian tube, a bicornuate uterus, and an issue with high blood pressure?
What if she'd already had one lap surgery because she was "riddled with scar tissue" from a C-section and subsequent blood infection, and that her OB suspects that she may also have Asherman syndrome, a "rare condition" where adhesions form inside the uterus?
What if she'd been told that the scar tissue her OB removed during the lap may have all regrown more than 6 months ago?
Would you think she was certifiable for continuing to try to get pregnant - particularly when it seems so difficult for her to stay pregnant?
Would you encourage her to keep trying?
Would you tell her that the odds are so stacked against her that it might be wiser and healthier to move on?
Would you keep her at arm's length?
Would you tell her to pray harder?
Would you tell her to send positive energy out into the universe?
Would you tell her what she wants to hear?
Would you tell her what you'd want to hear?
Would you tell her the truth?
Showing posts with label Pregnancy and infant loss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pregnancy and infant loss. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Capturing a Short Life
From the Facebook group...
Capturing A Short Life is a beautifully photographed documentary film, that combines verité and interview footage with still photography, to detail the stories of four families who are dealing, in an immediate sense, with the loss of a newborn baby.
In a sensitive, intimate manner, this film explores the emotional, medical and ethical choices that parents are often faced with when they are told that their baby is incompatible with life.
Although this subject matter is impossibly sad, the lives and relationships that evolve, even in this context, are not.
This is not a film about death, it is, rather, a story about how critical it is to remember and celebrate the lives of these beautiful babies who are only with us for a moment, and how impossible it is to forget them.
The documentary is being screened at the Rhode Island International Film Festival on Wednesday August 6th at 5:00pm at the Columbus Theatre Arts Centre.
I imagine that the majority of people who will go to see this film will be people whose lives have been touched by this kind of loss, but it's still so great to see the "uncomfortable" subject of infant loss being taken out of the deep, dark shadows and explored openly and honestly.
If there's one thing I'd like to see in my lifetime, it's pregnancy and infant loss not being treated like an icky little secret that no one wants to acknowledge. It's too hard for grieving parents to carry the entire burden of remembrance.
Capturing A Short Life is a beautifully photographed documentary film, that combines verité and interview footage with still photography, to detail the stories of four families who are dealing, in an immediate sense, with the loss of a newborn baby.
In a sensitive, intimate manner, this film explores the emotional, medical and ethical choices that parents are often faced with when they are told that their baby is incompatible with life.
Although this subject matter is impossibly sad, the lives and relationships that evolve, even in this context, are not.
This is not a film about death, it is, rather, a story about how critical it is to remember and celebrate the lives of these beautiful babies who are only with us for a moment, and how impossible it is to forget them.
The documentary is being screened at the Rhode Island International Film Festival on Wednesday August 6th at 5:00pm at the Columbus Theatre Arts Centre.
I imagine that the majority of people who will go to see this film will be people whose lives have been touched by this kind of loss, but it's still so great to see the "uncomfortable" subject of infant loss being taken out of the deep, dark shadows and explored openly and honestly.
If there's one thing I'd like to see in my lifetime, it's pregnancy and infant loss not being treated like an icky little secret that no one wants to acknowledge. It's too hard for grieving parents to carry the entire burden of remembrance.
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