It is so sad and unfortunate that pregnant women become vulnerable targets to abuse (verbally and physically) and in many cases it leads to death.
An old co-worker of mine lost her first baby because of this. Her boyfriend and her had a very volatile relationship at the time and in one of their fights, he grabbed her and threw her against the floor. She was about 4 months pregnant and that was the end of that poor, defenseless childs life.
What's worse is that the second time she got pregnant, she lost her baby at 38 weeks-- 38 weeks!! She was diagnosed with a rupture of her placenta, but when I did my research on what caused it the only thing that made sense was trauma (although she NEVER mentioned this). The untimely death of her baby girl was devastating-- both to her and her boyfriend. I was 6 months pregnant at the time of her loss, so it hit me and my husband pretty hard as well. All I kept thinking was '38 weeks, she could've lived'. My son was born at 38 weeks and was 100% healthy...and I can't thank god enough.
There has to be a stop to this. It is devastating enough to lose one life, but when a pregnant woman dies--there are 2 lives lost.
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It is so sad and unfortunate that pregnant women become vulnerable targets to abuse (verbally and physically) and in many cases it leads to death.
An old co-worker of mine lost her first baby because of this. Her boyfriend and her had a very volatile relationship at the time and in one of their fights, he grabbed her and threw her against the floor. She was about 4 months pregnant and that was the end of that poor, defenseless childs life.
What's worse is that the second time she got pregnant, she lost her baby at 38 weeks-- 38 weeks!! She was diagnosed with a rupture of her placenta, but when I did my research on what caused it the only thing that made sense was trauma (although she NEVER mentioned this). The untimely death of her baby girl was devastating-- both to her and her boyfriend. I was 6 months pregnant at the time of her loss, so it hit me and my husband pretty hard as well. All I kept thinking was '38 weeks, she could've lived'. My son was born at 38 weeks and was 100% healthy...and I can't thank god enough.
There has to be a stop to this. It is devastating enough to lose one life, but when a pregnant woman dies--there are 2 lives lost.
June 29, 2009 - 5:23amThis Comment
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