Archive for January, 2010
Miscarriage Plays A Role In Our Personal & Planetary Evolution
Posted by: | CommentsThe omission of miscarriage from our family and community rituals reflect a male experience of life and, more specifically, a religious or spiritual understanding of life and death limited to the male perspective. Men don’t have miscarriages and don’t have first hand experience of a tiny life living and dying inside. And that is ok.
Unexplained Infertility- Beyond the Medical Model
Posted by: | CommentsIn spite of the fact that each of us comes from a very long line of successful pregnancies, many couples today are finding it difficult to conceive or enjoy a pregnancy until the safe birth or their baby.Indeed, according to Hart (2003) in the British Medical Journal, up to 25% of patients who present for investigation in a reproductive medicine clinic are diagnosed with unexplained fertility. He explains that unexplained infertility is a diagnosis of exclusion. When no other reason for not being able to become pregnant or stay pregnant can be found, unexplained infertility is the diagnosis one receives.Webster’s dictionary defines ‘Unexplained’ as (1) not explained or (2) having the reason or cause not made clear. So a diagnosis of unexplained infertility just means Read More→
