Prince William And Kate Middleton Speak Up About Baby Loss On Social Media
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The topic is something Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton is passionate about. I know many people won’t understand the pain behind miscarriages, and I say this knowing that most people don’t consider miscarriage as death, but it’s something women and families go through and the experience can be excruciating.
The worst part of the experience is that women who have painfully witnessed a miscarriage don’t often have the support they need, even from their spouses. I’m speaking knowing that a woman I’ve known for years miscarried a baby and the husband didn’t feel the need to act like something big happened (they have four kids at the time).
Miscarriage is something that women often frightfully go through alone
Princess Catherine Names Her Favorite Charities Supporting Women Dealing With Baby Loss
In honor of this year’s baby loss awareness week in the UK, Princess Catherine and Prince William sympathized with families who have gone through the unwanted experience.
They also listed channels that someone suffering from pregnancy loss can go to to receive professional help.
As a champion for mental health, early years development and support for families, Princess Catherine has worked with some of these charities in the past.
“Taking a moment this #BabyLossAwarenessWeek to think about all those who’ve been affected by pregnancy and baby loss,” the Waleses wrote on Twitter.
“In this thread there are organisations and resources that are providing support and advice to families and loved ones who need it most.
“Child Bereavement UK, @cbukhelp, offers a support helpline if you’ve been affected by child bereavement at any time. Please do reach out if you feel it could help you or someone you know.
“The @MMHAlliance brings together 120 organisations, raising awareness of mental health before, during and after pregnancy, whatever the outcome.
“One of these is @SandsUK that supports anyone affected by the death of a baby, improve the care that bereaved parents receive, and create a world where fewer babies die.
“The team at @Tommys support parents-to-be and research into miscarriage, premature birth and stillbirth.
“They have free resources available and, if you’re struggling, advise you to be kind to yourself and know support is available.”
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It has been my experience that the world treat women who have experienced miscarriage or miscarriages like a stomach bug. Even my own normally considerate husband stood by the front door the day after I suffered a miscarriage and said ” if you want a lift to work we need to leave now “. I don’t know what he was thinking, perhaps he was in shock himself. We don’t talk about it because that episode in our lives is too painful. I don’t feel comfortable with Kate speaking about this subject if she hasn’t herself experienced this trauma, using words like witness for example when it should be experienced says it all really. By all means support a professional charity/ organization for miscarriage and its impacts but please leave the speeches to people who have really experienced this awful situation.
I don’t want to dismiss the trauma of miscarriages, I have suffered this terrible experience myself. However why are Kate and William focusing on this health issue when there is currently a more serious and terrifying crisis going on. Perhaps North Americans are unaware but the emergency hospital response services in the UK are in crisis. To give an example a family friend recently suffered a heart attack. My brother sensibly took him to the local doctors rather than call an ambulance because my brother knew it would take hours to arrive. His sensible action probably saved his friends life. The hospital put in a stint, our friend recovered and was sent home. A week or so later the friend experienced additional heart problems so at 10pm he called an ambulance, it arrived at 7am, 9 hours later!!!. Now whilst I, probably more than anyone would like to see more support for miscarriage suffers like myself. I think William and Kate given these situations with emergency calls would do better to bring attention to this more immediate and critical crisis going on with the UK health system. Sell that dam jewel in that crown everyone keeps arguing about and donate the money to the NHS, there are enough people in the UK from various ethnic backgrounds who could then benefit from that money to improve better emergency response times. Is some bauble in a crown worth arguing over or keeping as what now seems like a trophy when it could be doing so much more good for people of all races by providing funds to support a failing health service.