Early Pregnancy Losses: Multiple Meanings and Moral Considerations

Mullin, Amy

doi:10.1111/josp.12085

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“…By contrast, I take the position that pregnancy loss can be acknowledged alongside abortion if foetal personhood is understood as relational, socially and agentially constructed, and therefore as containing different content in different pregnancies and at different times (Layne 2003, Cacciatore and Bushfield 2008, Parsons 2010, Oaks 2000, Layne 1997, Jutel 2006). As others have argued, and as this research shows, it is possible for pregnant women to consider the same foetal being as a form of person as well as the object of an abortion (Ludlow 2008, Mullin 2015, and, whilst they are not necessarily the object of grief, abortions can be and are grieved (Rothman 1993).…”

Section: Pregnancy Loss In Relation To Abortionmentioning

confidence: 84%

Invisible Labours

Middlemiss

2024

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Tracing women’s experiences of miscarriage and termination for foetal anomaly in the second trimester, before legal viability, shows how such events are positioned as less ‘real’ or significant when the foetal being does not, or will not, survive. Invisible Labours describes the reproductive politics of this category of pregnancy loss in England. It shows how second trimester pregnancy loss produces specific medical and social experiences, revealing an underlying teleological ontology of pregnancy. Some women then understand their pregnancy through kinship with the unborn baby.

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Section: Pregnancy Loss In Relation To Abortionmentioning

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Invisible Labours

Middlemiss

2024

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“…We acknowledge that both pregnancy and miscarriage experiences are incredibly diverse. The physical experiences are different for each woman, as are the emotional reactions which can range from a life‐changing devastation to relief (Mullin, ). For those who do have strong emotional reactions to the experience, it can be difficult to comprehend the feelings as there is no existing societal framework, or narrative (Lindemann, ), for miscarriage.…”

Section: Pregnancy Pregnancy Loss and Workmentioning

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Miscarriage in the Workplace: an Authoethnography

Porschitz¹,

Siler²

2017

Gender Work & Organization

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This paper is an extension of the literature on pregnancy and work, and it introduces miscarriage as an important topic of study in management. Miscarriage starts with a pregnancy, so a woman who has miscarried deals with many of the same workplace issues as women who carry to term. The experience of miscarriage, however, often leads to physical and emotional trauma and/or grief that many women hide from their co‐workers. In this paper we also explore how secrecy is an integral part of the miscarriage experience. The combination of secrecy and grief that is layered on top of a difficult physical experience makes miscarriage a unique experience that, to date, has mostly been ignored in management literature and practice. It is well documented that contemporary corporate structures have little room for addressing procreation, health and grief, it is perhaps unsurprising then that despite miscarriage being seen as a relatively common event it remains silenced.

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“…Aunque hay diversos estudios sobre la compartición de temas de salud en primera persona en blogs (14)(15)(16) , son pocas las investigaciones que se centran en el uso de Youtube por parte de personas que han tenido un problema de salud (17)(18)(19) y ausentes las centradas en las pérdidas gestacionales, que sí han sido estudiadas desde otros contextos (20)(21)(22)(23)(24) .…”

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“Es algo que no se cuenta”: relatos sobre pérdidas gestacionales en youtube

Barbosa¹,

Briones-Vozmediano²

2020

Enf Global

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Objetivo: Analizar el contenido de los videos testimoniales sobre pérdidas gestacionales en Youtube en español para poder concluir si las narrativas se enmarcan en la lógica biomédica moderna o posmoderna de vivir esta situación de acuerdo a los postulados de Frank y Bauman. Métodos: Búsqueda sistemática de los vídeos en español desde 2011 a mayo de 2019, que contuvieran en su título las palabras clave “aborto” o “perdida gestacional”, y que tuvieran más de 100.000 visualizaciones en Youtube desde su publicación, como criterios de inclusión. Visualización de los vídeos para su posterior análisis de contenido para detallar las características del canal, los motivos para contar la experiencia, el momento en que se cuentan, la interacción existente con las seguidoras, las etapas que se narran sobre el suceso y el lenguaje utilizado para relatarlo. Resultados: Se encontraron nueve youtubers que cumplieron los criterios de inclusión, y un total de diez vídeos que recogían relatos sobre pérdidas gestacionales. Sólo dos de los nueve canales estaban centrados exclusivamente en la maternidad. Los relatos se inscriben en una lógica biomédica posmoderna, por la necesidad manifiesta de explicar el suceso online, el reconocimiento de la fase del duelo, y la poca presencia del lenguaje de la supervivencia. Conclusiones: Este estudio muestra que la necesidad de explicar la experiencia online responde a la decisión de visibilizarla y de servir de apoyo a otras mujeres. Los resultados de este estudio pueden ser de utilidad para los/as profesionales de Enfermería que en su práctica clínica tienen contacto directo con las mujeres que han sufrido pérdidas gestacionales. Objective: To analyze the content of testimonial videos about pregnancy loss in Spanish on YouTube, so as to explore whether such narratives are framed in relation to the modern or postmodern biomedical logic of this experience as formulated by Frank and Bauman. Methods: Systematic search of videos in Spanish from 2011 to May 2019, using the following inclusion criteria: contain the key words miscarriage or pregnancy loss in their title and have had more than 100,000 views on YouTube since their publication. To enable further content analysis, the videos were viewed to detail the characteristics of the publication channel in each case and to catalog their contents in terms of reasons for talking about the experience, the time chosen to tell the story, interaction with followers, the stages in the narrative, and the language used. Results: We identified nine YouTubers that met the inclusion criteria, comprising a total of ten videos. Only two of the nine channels focused exclusively on motherhood. The stories are inscribed in a postmodern biomedical logic, due to the clear need to explain the traumatic event online, the recognition of the grief phase, and the limited use of survival language. Conclusions: This study shows that the need to talk about the experience online is motivated by a decision to make the experience visible and offer support to other women. The results of this study may be useful to nursing professionals whose clinical practice involves caring for women who have suffered pregnancy loss.

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Early Pregnancy Losses: Multiple Meanings and Moral Considerations

Cited by 6 publications

References 43 publications

Invisible Labours

Invisible Labours

Miscarriage in the Workplace: an Authoethnography

“Es algo que no se cuenta”: relatos sobre pérdidas gestacionales en youtube

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