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"Dads having miscarriages"

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QuentinWinters · 15/10/2018 10:26

Debate on radio 5 at the moment. Man whose wife has had repeated miscarriages complaining that he can't get time off work and that society doesn't discuss dad's who have miscarriages.

I've had to turn it off. Miscarriage is a huge taboo for women (hence the whole wait for 12 weeks to announce thing) and many of us have miscarriages and little or no time off work. But yet we have to talk about the men.
And what is it with the appropriative language? Sorry Dad. You haven't had a miscarriage, your wife has.
I wonder if women should start talking about how they don't get any support when wives get erectile dysfunction. Angry

Makes me so cross.

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frasersmummy · 15/10/2018 10:29

When a loving couple conceive they both become parents. Yes physically its harder on the woman but the loss is emotionally the same for them both.
So I do think men should be allowed some time

speakingwoman · 15/10/2018 10:29

file under "only a problem insofar as it affects men"?

Seriously, a filing system, if not a whole document management system, is needed on here...

whatsthecomingoverthehill · 15/10/2018 10:29

I didn't hear any of it, but was part of the reason that he wanted to support his wife?

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