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• From the Prospective of a Drugstore Employee

  I saw her again the next morning. Her smile even bigger than it was yesterday. She’s basically floating as she makes her way to the back of the store. She emerges from the family planning aisle with a two-pack of prenatal vitamins. She begins floating towards my register, but stops suddenly and takes a sharp…

  Katarina

  February 27, 2022

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• Trying To Not Try

  Prior to my first loss, I didn’t know that it’s often recommended to wait three months before trying to conceive again. During my first appointment with my OBGYN (which would have been our first time hearing our baby’s heartbeat, had I not miscarried) he told me, without me asking, that we could try to conceive…

  Katarina

  February 20, 2022

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  habitual abortion, miscarriage, pregnancy loss, recurrent miscarriage, recurrent pregnancy loss, trying to conceive

• The Beginning (Our First Miscarriage)

  My husband and I had decided to “be less careful” in August of 2019. We weren’t ready to officially start trying to conceive, but we felt that we were at a point that “if it happened, it happened”. In late January of 2020, I went to the bathroom first thing in the morning and noticed…

  Katarina

  February 20, 2022

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  miscarriage, recurrent miscarriage, recurrent pregnancy loss, trying to conceive

• Tales of a Habitual Aborter

  My name is Katarina, and I am a habitual aborter. Doesn’t that just punch you in the gut, “habitual aborter”?   “Abortion”, in today’s vernacular, infers that I had a choice, that I chose to end my pregnancies. But, believe it or not, “abortion” is a medical term for the termination of a pregnancy, whether…

  Katarina

  February 6, 2022

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  habitual abortion, miscarriage, pregnancy loss, recurrent miscarriage, recurrent pregnancy loss