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Article: The silent sorrow.(Life in America)(miscarriages, full-term stillbirths and newborn deaths)
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- USA TODAY
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- September 1, 2006
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MORE THAN 1,000,000 couples in the U.S. alone each year endure the sorrow of a spontaneous pregnancy loss, from first trimester miscarriages to full-term stillbirths and newborn deaths. This represents about 31% of all conceptions and this figure is on the rise, partially because of the trend towards later childbearing. Although pregnancy loss is so prevalent, many parents suffer this particular sorrow in silence.
American society does not deal well with death in general and with pregnancy loss in particular. In spite of all of the modern medical advances, death remains the ultimate mystery, and the death of a baby during pregnancy or shortly after birth is ...