-Stay Woke~ Childloss- 1 in 5 pregnancies ends in the death of that baby. It’s a little more common than parents, doctors or hospitals acknowledge. & While we agree some of that is caused by shaming the survivors of the experience, it’s not the dominant factor in today’s world. There so many other contributing reasons to the unawareness in premature birth / child loss. Many of us as parents are not willing to come forward to have a conversation, and that’s not because of what we think society will say about us, to us, or regarding us; it’s because we, ourselves are afraid to talk about the experience. We are afraid to acknowledge the hurt, the pain, the grief. Particularly us men and women in Jamaica. When someone ask if you have a child the easiest answer is to say no. Than to say I did, because the questions will then start to formulate and it’ll become a “story time” to the curious. Most of us are not interested in helping the next survivor, we’re more interested in blaming, moving on or even asking why; seeking answers and mystery solving of the entire situation. A percentage of us, pretend as if the pregnancy never happened; and until something or someone pulls on that thread it stays a hidden feature in our character. All of the above is entirely fine, and normal in human reactions to death and coping. But what we also need to normalize is the healing process after. We need to figure out a way to reach that percentage of the population whose experience child loss; and figure out a way to get them to come to the table and maybe just maybe if we accomplish that we can then have a conversation about the experience and who knows just maybe it’ll lead to the 1st step in healing the Nation {of us}. 🇯🇲🌏 Photo credit to: @africanvirals @incomplete_mummy #stillbirth #prematurebirth #miscarriage #stillbirthawareness #stillbirthsupport #prematuredeath #prematureawareness #prematurebabysupport #miscarriageawareness #miscarriagesupport #survivor #childsmonth #awareness #support #knowledge #tenaciouslysteeringthewounded #individuallyyouhurttogetherweheal #sgf #SGF #skylargenesisfoundation #skylargenesisbarrant 🎀 https://www.instagram.com/p/COsrPZuDqQy/?igshid=magg8o6ga142
