the term miscarriage

Quoting wifeandmommytobe:" Does anyone else hate the term miscarry? It sounds soo bad to me. I hate saying I miscarried just bc ... [snip!] ... not be here. I think a new term needs to be created one that make it sound like I carried wrong. Anyone else think like this?"

Quoting 1st1ontheway:" I prefer the term miscarriage over spontaneous abortion."

Quoting 1st1ontheway:" I prefer the term miscarriage over spontaneous abortion."

Quoting Not tellin:" Not really. I have had 5 and the way I see the term is that it means it miscarried in the uterus not ... [snip!] ... uterus not that I did anything wrong. I hate the term spontaneous abortion. That seems more of a rejection type of term to me. "



This    I am pro choice but I remember the first time I saw it written down in one of my reports in my file that I had an abortion (medical terminology) I felt angry because it wasn't my choice to lose the pregnancy.