Lauren Wilde
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Lauren Wilde
A Guide for Accessing Reproductive Healthcare in North Carolina | Pro-Choice North Carolina
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FWIW, in this newsletter, you’ll notice that we tend to use the term “pregnancy loss” more often than “miscarriage.” Some advocates in the space have noted that the word “miscarriage” can insinuate a mistake, badness, or error—ideas that can be internalized by a mother. It’s not wrong to use the word miscarriage—and we will use it occasionally—but... See more
Game on, @buttkicker7 — not what I had planned to announce the pre-orders for THE POWER PAUSE but here we are. I will not let you own the dialogue about modern stay at home motherhood. We’ve worked too hard and we’ve come too far.
As someone who has spent eight years singularly focused on updating the perception of... See more
instagram.comIf you experience pregnancy or infant loss, you may feel like you’re the only one who is going through what you’re going through. But about 10 to 20 percent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage before the 20th week. In 2022, the infant mortality rate in the United States was 5.6 deaths per 1,000 live births, a 3% increase from 2021. You are not... See more
Research shows that any woman leaving the workforce for any period of time after having children will substantially impact her future earning potential beyond any money they could save on childcare in the short term. Leaving the workforce permanently (or never entering it in the first place) renders her completely financially dependent on her... See more
It’s #pregnancyandinfantlossremembranceday and here’s a reminder of what to say instead of some of the platitudes and silver lining statements we so often hear.
Dont forget tonight at 7 pm your local time is the #globalwaveoflight —-so for my Europe friends that’s in only a few hours.... See more
instagram.comBirth trauma is a subjective experience. It is an autonomic response of the nervous system, similar to an alarm being tripped in the brain, often set off by a perceived threat to safety. It is not a choice. Birth traumas vary greatly in their cause and presentation. My story is only one example.
Your birth experience did not need to have been... See more
Your birth experience did not need to have been... See more
This space is all about changing the language about career pauses for family life and this is a good one to take on. No, maternity leave or chapters of at-home parenting is not time off. Some people think it’s just colloquial conversation. I say it’s cultural messaging that undervalues the immense work of caregiving and family life in modern days... See more
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