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The Broad Experience

Episode 137: Pregnancy Loss and Work

The Broad Experience

The Broad Experience

Careers, Society & Culture, Business

5.0592 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this show we take on a taboo topic - pregnancy loss. Around a fifth of pregnancies end in miscarriage, and many women are dealing with the after effects alone, while they're at work. Some go to work as if nothing had happened. Others (especially outside the US) take some time off. But it can be awkward when they get back. As a culture we're not great at comforting people who've been through a loss of any kind. But we can always learn. In this episode we meet three women from three different countries, each with a different experience of pregnancy loss and the workplace.

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0:37.8

I'm actually relax. Welcome to the broad experience, the show about when in the workplace, and success. I'm Ashley Mountaint.

0:55.7

This time, it happens to so many women, but we rarely talk about it. You're pregnant, you're excited,

1:04.0

then it all goes wrong. It is one of those things that from the outside, just for practical reasons,

1:09.8

you have to keep it secret, but then you also can't be, like, grieving or emotionally affected.

1:16.6

And even if you confide in your boss about what's happened.

1:19.9

I remember Googling what to say when you experienced a miscarriage at work, and it was all,

1:25.9

the advice was all about what do you tell your manager. I found absolutely

1:30.8

no advice anywhere on what to do about people you actually manage. And when a colleague suffers a

1:35.9

pregnancy loss or the loss of a baby, how can the rest of us do the right thing? That's certainly

1:41.5

one of the concerns that I've had other women share with me is that one of the

1:44.8

most painful things for them in their work environment is even when there's support there at the

1:49.6

beginning, people say, well, you know, it's been three weeks. Like now it's time to get back on

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