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Article: Coping; Miscarriage ; It's More Than Just the End of a Pregnancy
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- The Washington Post
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- June 6, 1994
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I recall the moment of my heartbreak to the hour. It was on
Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1993, at 11 a.m. that a routine sonogram in my
physician's office signaled trouble. The fetus was too small and too
still; and I, up to that point symptom-free and excited as I started
to lose my waistline and neared the end of my first trimester,
started to feel a cold dread about my first pregnancy.
Much to my horror, my doctor's fears were confirmed through
further testing. I was scheduled for an emergency D&C (dilation and
curettage) the next day, and I lost the pregnancy in a cold, sterile
operating room.
Thus began the long and painful journey of my husband, Doug,
and me toward peace and acceptance. I ...