When you're pregnant there's no shortage of happy chatter about becoming a mom nor

shortage of options for childbirth education classes, but there's very little that

prepares us either emotionally or physically for something that remains such a hush topic, and yet which one

and four women will experience.

Miscarriage.

Welcome to episode 127 of Natural MD radio. I'm Dr. Aviva Ram, both a medical doctor and a midwife,

here to talk with you today about a complete guide to empowered miscarriage at home.

In another episode I'll walk you through the physical and emotional nuances of miscarriage,

why they occur, how to heal physically and emotionally,

how to prevent recurrent miscarriage, and much more.

But today I want to focus in on what happens in an early pregnancy loss, which is a miscarriage before 13 weeks,

how to have an empowered experience at home, and why you might want to,

especially during this pandemic, but whenever a miscarriage occurs, the options for doing

so safely and when you do need to seek urgent medical care.

Miscarage remains so absent from conversations hidden in care. It's also so routinely treated as a medicalized event, even an emergency,

that most women believe that it is a dangerous process that requires hospital treatment.

So let's talk about miscarriage, what it really is, what happens, and bring it into the light.

The truth is that the vast majority of miscarriages, especially in the first trimester, can happen safely in the comfort of your home with no complications at all.

This is entirely contrary to what you might expect.

Many of the numerous women I've guided through miscarriage at home over many decades have described

their miscarriage as a sacred process that allowed a sense of emotional completion and resolution.

Rather than the trauma and grief, so many women find themselves experiencing

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