Miscarriage Matters to Mothers

Target:

People who support mothers who have had miscarriages

Sponsored by:

http://www.Michelle25.com

Miscarraige Matters to Mothers is not about arguing terms of what to call the growth that lives within a woman while she is pregnant. It is about those of us, who consider this growth to be life, hence our babies.

When we lose our babies before they are viable, it is called a miscarriage or spontaneous abortion. Both of these words are hurtful to some women who have lost their babies. By definition alone, miscarriage blames the mother for her role in the loss of her child. Spontaneous abortion, albeit technically more suitable, evokes the same feelings of shock and outrage by some.

We propose the use of words such as 'gestational loss' or 'gestational cessation.' If you support more appropriate terminology written on a mother's medical chart, please sign our petition and help us make others aware of our voice.

We the undersigned, believe that if a mother considers her unborn child a life, she has the right to object to the terminology of 'miscarriage' or 'spontaneous abortion' on her medical record. We would like to see a word that represents all people, and not just those who don't believe it is life. Such as 'gestational loss' or 'gestational cessation.'
We ask for a dignified word that does not place blame or fault, but dignifies our sense of loss.
Thank you so much for taking time to read this petition request.
"I Didn't Miscarry Her...She Died."

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# 33:

8:25 am PST, Nov 20, Ashley Palmer, Pennsylvania
a nurse that was taking me back to the pre op room before my d&c said that i had alot of courage to go through an abortion!!! she thought i was there to terminate my precious angel! i was heartbroken and embarresed to get that as a lable

# 32:

7:35 am PST, Nov 20, Regina Wall, Ohio
I lost my baby at 11 weeks on 10/27/09. Even though a different term wouldn't ease my pain or anyone else's...I think that more tact and concern for the mothers-to-be would be a good thing and I personally would appreciate it.

# 30:

3:15 pm PST, Nov 18, Carl Rosenstock, Wisconsin

# 29:

6:52 am PST, Nov 16, Name not displayed, Indiana
This is for my lost sibling.

# 28:

9:19 am PST, Nov 15, Whitney P, Virginia

# 27:

7:03 am PST, Nov 11, Jennifer Seppanen, Michigan
I agree that more appropriate terminology should be used so as not to make it sound like it's the fault of the mother that she lost her baby.

# 26:

11:01 pm PST, Nov 10, Name not displayed, Georgia
I lost a set of identical twins , Twin A @ 9 weeks Twin B @ 14 weeks

# 25:

2:15 pm PST, Nov 10, Dana Disterlic, Oklahoma
I have lost a baby in March which was a belighted ovum. I am not being blamed for this loss. I did everything I was supposed to do. My body just wasn't ready for a baby because i was on chemo for 2 and a half years.

# 24:

11:05 am PST, Nov 10, Nancy Johnson, Texas
I have lost one of my babies

# 23:

6:57 am PST, Nov 10, Sandra Adams, West Virginia
In memory of my baby that we lost at 12 weeks. mommy hopes to see you again some day

# 22:

6:23 am PST, Nov 10, Kristin Hulsopple, Oklahoma
I greive with those that have lost, dream with those that have witnessed the miracle of life, and pray with those that are still trying to make their dreams come true. Michelle, you are doing a GREAT thing! LET'S CHANGE THE NAME!!

# 21:

11:23 am PST, Nov 9, Valerie Thieme, Kansas
I was so excited to be pregnant and was devastated by my baby's death. It added salt to my wound to see it shown as a "spnotaneous abortion" on my medical forms. I did not abort my baby! She died. I think the current medical terminology needs to change.

# 20:

9:03 pm PST, Nov 8, Kristin Glick, Missouri

# 19:

5:14 pm PST, Nov 8, Thelma Manlove, Indiana
I felt dirty then outraged when I learned that my medical record documented that I had aborted the fetus. This is a life and the stigma associated with the word "abortion" sickened me. Yes this needs to change.

# 18:

3:04 pm PST, Nov 8, DeAnne Dooley, Oklahoma

# 17:

12:31 am PST, Nov 8, Catherine Gaspard, Belgium
for my one and only little baby who died at 8 weeks

# 15:

8:26 pm PST, Nov 7, Amy Mccrabb, Kansas

# 14:

5:44 pm PST, Nov 7, Dwala Gibson, Missouri
For my twin sons born alive at 22 weeks, who both died in my arms

# 13:

3:17 pm PST, Nov 7, Joyce Haggy, Oklahoma

# 12:

12:46 pm PST, Nov 7, David Romportl, Minnesota

# 11:

3:46 am PST, Nov 7, Steve Klein, Virginia

# 10:

8:20 pm PST, Nov 6, Marie Zuneska, New York

# 9:

5:40 pm PST, Nov 6, Jennifer Byrd, Oklahoma

# 8:

11:19 am PST, Nov 6, S. Christopher Phillips, Oklahoma
I believe

# 7:

10:05 am PST, Nov 6, Carole Hagen, Oregon

# 6:

8:06 pm PST, Nov 5, Ron Walters, Oklahoma
This is the Truth and it will Set The Hearts Free

# 5:

5:41 pm PST, Nov 5, Elizabeth Walker, West Virginia
I'm signing this in memory of my son, Carlos Everett Walker III who died at 16 weeks. I may never be able to hold him in my arms, but I will carry him in my heart forever.

# 4:

5:26 pm PST, Nov 5, Lidia Lilly, Tennessee
I have always thought miscarriage was a terrible term for the loss of a baby.

# 3:

1:32 pm PST, Nov 5, Grace Myers, Oklahoma
I was raised in a day and time, when a miscarriage was part of every day life. You were told, "Get over it, you're young...have another child." Years later, when I had a miscarriage, I didn't get over it. I wasn't that young and I had lost a life that was part of me. IT broke my heart... I realized what I was told in the past was a lie.

# 2:

1:12 pm PST, Nov 5, Michelle Myers-walters, Oklahoma
For my daughter, lost at 16 weeks gestation.

# 1:

1:00 pm PST, Nov 5, Sarah Weingartner, New Jersey
Its about time the medical community recognize our babies the same as we do as grieving mothers. I was diagnosed with "threatened abortion" at 12 1/2 weeks with gwendolyn. The doctor told me I was going to lose her in the next 2 days, but I didn't! I was horrified when I read the discharge papers though "threatened abortion"

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