Teichholtz, P. (2019, March 11). Let’s Talk about Miscarriage, Baby. Scientific American, Retrieved from https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/lets-talk-about-miscarriage-baby/

             This article from Scientific American is about miscarriages. The author PJ discusses the uncomfortable and sad topic of having a miscarriage. She mentions that most people don’t like talking or hearing about miscarriages unless they know the person is visibly pregnant or has had a “successful pregnancy” since the miscarriage.  She also explains that she has also had a miscarriage very recently and was unaware about it up until her first doctor’s appointment, where she found out the baby did not have a heartbeat. She goes on to explain how just the act of telling someone you had a miscarriage gives a lot of private information, like the sex life between partners, or just being pregnant in general. Most pregnancies aren’t announced until after the first trimester so having a miscarriage and telling someone you had a miscarriage, when they didn’t know you were ever pregnant opens up some pretty awkward conversations.

       A couple of aspects that I found interesting was how she told her own personal story about her miscarriage and still educates us on how they happen and what happens afterwards. She talks about the different options for miscarriages. Whether you would like to have a minor surgery, take medicine to provoke a natural miscarriage, or just wait for your body to realize what is happening to have a miscarriage. She writes this article like its for a personal blog yet still educating us on a delicate subject, a subject people will never be able to understand until they’ve been through it. She tries to give scenarios to try and compare the feeling of finding out that the baby you were so excited to bring in this world does not have a heartbeat. “ It’s like when you get a call back from your friend’s number, but it’s someone else’s voice. It’s like hearing that infinite pause instead of “I love you too.” It’s like when you look out the window and it’s a police car.”  (Teichholtz Para. 13)

     This article speaks on a topic that is not ever discussed because it’s too sensitive of a topic and no one feels comfortable speaking about the passing of an unborn fetus. The author does a great job on keeping it informative while using pathos and ethos.