Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Oma varallisuus on elämämme henkilökohtaisimpia asioita. Kun se luottaa toisen hoidettavaksi, pitää sen olla henkilökohtaista myös hänelle. Me OP Privatella ymmärrämme tämän hyvin. Myös jokaisella meistä on oma taloutemme, jota huolellisesti vaalimme. Samalla sitoutumisella suhtaudumme myös sinun varojesi hoitoon. OP Private. Otamme varojesi hoidon henkilökohtaisesti. Tutustu palveluun op.fi kautta private. Varainhoidon tarjoaa Osuspankki tai OP Varainhoito Oy.
Hello, I'm James Reynolds. Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service. In BBC Conversations we bring people together to share their experiences. This time we hear from two couples sharing their experiences of miscarriage.
Chapter 2: What are the emotional and physical impacts of miscarriage?
As well as physical symptoms such as pain and bleeding, miscarriage can be deeply traumatic for couples who were looking forward to becoming parents and who instead find themselves grieving the loss of an unborn child. In our conversation, our guests discuss their experiences of miscarriage, the strain it's put on their relationships and the support offered or not to grieving couples.
Northern Ireland has just introduced paid leave for a woman and the woman's partner if the couple suffer a miscarriage. We'll hear more about that later. So let me introduce you to Vesta and her partner Leslie, now in the UK. They grew up in Europe. Their families are originally from Ghana. After multiple miscarriages, the couple now has three kids. And Josef and Katharina are in Sweden. Katharina is now pregnant after an earlier miscarriage.
It felt that it was such a surprise when we lost our first baby. I was expecting everything to be normal because the experiences of people that I had close by, they seemed to be very positive. But actually when I experienced miscarriage myself, I started to get to know people who also experienced the same thing, but they just didn't talk about it. Maybe Joseph can tell also how it was for him.
Chapter 3: How does miscarriage affect couples' relationships?
Kyllä, minulle oli...
It was a strange emotional experience where I really felt empty inside afterwards. I haven't really experienced that other times in my life. Generally speaking, I'm quite positive and happy about my life, but it was definitely a low point where I just couldn't really understand what was happening within me and my own thoughts and emotions. It was tough, and I'm very happy now, too.
olisi odottanut lapsia, jotka olisivat syntyneitä. Kiitos paljon. Kiitos paljon. Tiedot ovat muuttuneet, mutta se oli roolikoista. Katherina, kuinka kauan olit syntyneessäsi? Olin alussa, eli kuusi viikkoa. Se oli myös erittäin haastavaa, koska kun menimme syöntöön, teimme ultrasonia ja lapsi ei kehittynyt niin kuin pitäisi.
Tohtori sanoi, että se on enemmän normaalia kuin me ajattelemme ja se tapahtuu monille naisille, mutta se on se viimeinen asia, jota haluat kuulla, koska haluat vain, että sinulla oli lapsesi ongelmassa ultrasoundissa ja joitain positiivisia asioita. Ja myös, että sinulla on yhdessä tunteita, koska
Olet kärsinyt jokaisen, jonka et ole koskaan tutustunut, eikä sinä koskaan saa tietää, mutta sinä edelleen tuntuvat syvällä. Joten vaikka yritin olla joskus racionaalinen siitä, se oli hyvin vaikeaa, koska minun tunteet ja teräni kertovat minulle jotain täysin erilaista.
It took a long time for us to even get pregnant too. So we were trying for quite a while to get pregnant. And then once it happened, once we got a positive pregnancy test, we were celebratory. And then things changed so quickly from that to, oh, never mind. This is not going to be a child developing as we expected. So the emotions went from one side of the spectrum to the other quite quickly. I think that for me was very hard as well.
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Chapter 4: What new laws support couples experiencing miscarriage?
Kiitos paljon osallistumisesta, ja haluamme tuoda toisemme keskustelua, Leslie ja Vesta. Kiitos, Leslie ja Vesta, että olitte olleet olleet olleet olleet olleet olleet olleet olleet olleet olleet
It's very similar. It's actually almost a mirror, because obviously when you start off trying, these are the things that you do not think about. These are the things that no one talks to you about, because everybody talks about the happiness and the joy you feel when you first find out you're pregnant, the symptoms that come with it and everything else. Thinking back, our journey started in 2010, really. And I must say, I've had miscarriages in all stages. It's been a challenge. When it first happened, it was like,
Me löysimme, että olemme syntyneitä, olemme järjestäneet, menimme ensimmäiseen tappiin ja sitten ei ollut mitään. En tiedä terminologiaa, en ole koskaan nähnyt tappia ennen, joten minulle kaikki oli erittäin uusia.
I wasn't sure how to react and everything that was told to me didn't make any sense. It was heartbreaking, but I still had that hope that actually, as I was told, it happens a lot. It takes a few times to get it right. I said, okay, fine, fair enough. But I wasn't able to open up to anybody because no one around me was going through it. No one around me had ever shared an experience like that before. So it was just me and Leslie.
And, you know, I think we took solace in each other in knowing that, okay, this might not be it, but next time it will happen. However, you know, it took us a long time to actually get pregnant and be pregnant for a longer period within the term. So I think emotionally it was really tough. I was the one I was going through it physically and I was dealing with it emotionally, but Leslie was supporting me.
Joten joskus ajattelen, että hänen tunteet olivat melkein jättyneitä, jos se tuli mukaan, koska hän oli vahva minulle. Mielestäni se oli todella hauskaa mennä työskentelemään ja tietää, että Vesa oli kotona. Se teki minua hyvin epäilemällä työskentelemällä, muistan. Olin ylös koko ajan. Kaikki puhelin, joka tuli minulle, oli...
Jokaisella kertaa, kun katsoin mistä Vesta kertoi, olin semmoinen, että onko muuta tapahtunut. Siellä oli aina jotain huolta. Ja luulen, että se oli alku siitä, etten ole koskaan ilmoittanut kaupungista, ainakin ei paljon, koska halusin melkein nähdä, että lapsi on tullut ulos ennen kuin tiedän, että olen onnellinen, että on lapsi.
Because the experiences were quite a few. There was one we lost at 20 weeks. So we actually delivered a still baby. And that was the worst of all of them. I mean, we have three kids now, must put it out there. But obviously there was no excitement on my part during the whole pregnancy because of the experiences we'd had. Very traumatizing in a way. Thank you so much for sharing those experiences.
Niitä kertoja. Minulla on kysymys sinulle, jos sinä et ole ylöspäin. Niiden kohdalla, kuinka sinä pysyit yhdessä yhdessä? Kuulitko sen vaikeaksi? Muistan, että meistä meni hieman kommunikaatio. Olimme koko ajan käsittelemiä ja yrittäneet ajatella ja ymmärtää itseämme ja näitä asioita. Miten se oli sinulle? Luulen, että alussa tuntui,
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Chapter 5: What support systems are available for couples after a miscarriage?
If you find that as we're trying and it's not working, we're never going to have children together, this is the time. This is the reason for you to leave if you have to. And I wouldn't hold it against you. And I said it and he looked at me and he's like, well, me and you are together because we know we're going to have children. We're together because we love each other. He said, if further down the line we realize we can't have children, then we just have to figure out what life looks like without them.
I think that's when after we realized that, okay, actually, we're happy as we are, but obviously in the future, if for whatever reason we are unable to have children. And mind you, there was a lot of guilt on me. I felt very pressured. I felt like it's my fault because it's my body, right? That's not doing something right. So it means that it's all on me. It's not so much Leslie's. So what happens? So as a couple, these are the questions that I know other couples also have.
It's a conversation that I think sometimes just happens to come up when a couple has faced so many losses, or even if it's just the one, because naturally I think
When people get together, get married or decide to be a long-term partnership, this is one of the results or the reasons why. What happens after, if that makes sense. So when that doesn't happen, it was just a massive elephant in the room that needed to be addressed. Vesta and Leslie in conversation with Katharina and Josef. We'll hear more from both couples in just a moment. I'm James Reynolds. You're listening to The Documentary from the BBC World Service.
Oma varallisuus on elämämme henkilökohtaisimpia asioita. Kun se luottaa toisen hoidettavaksi, pitää sen olla henkilökohtaista myös hänelle. Me OP Privatella ymmärrämme tämän hyvin. Myös jokaisella meistä on oma taloutemme, jota huolellisesti vaalimme. Samalla sitoutumisella suhtaudumme myös sinun varojesi hoitoon. OP Private. Otamme varojesi hoidon henkilökohtaisesti. Tutustu palveluun op.fi kautta private. Varainhoidon tarjoaa Osuspankki tai OP Varainhoito Oy.
Olipa kerran pessimisti, optimisti ja saletisti. Pessimisti pelkäsi aina pahinta. Optimisti taas toivoi parasta ja luuli liikojakin. Entäpä saletisti sitten? No, saletisti onnistui. Tarkkaa harkittuihin hankintoihin. OP Tarkkaluotolla rahoitat pienet ja suuret elämänmenot. Tutustu op.fi kautta Tarkkaluotto. Luoton myöntää OP-vähittäisasiakkaat OYJ.
According to the World Health Organization, globally around one in four pregnancies ends before the developing baby reaches 28 weeks old. Earlier this month, Northern Ireland became the first part of the UK in which a woman and her partner are entitled to two weeks of paid leave if they experience a miscarriage at any stage of pregnancy.
New Zealand, India and the Philippines also have laws aimed at supporting grieving couples as they deal with the trauma of miscarriage and come to terms with the loss of their unborn child. In this, the second part of our conversation, our guests discuss the support they got after their miscarriages and the change in attitudes that they would like to see. Let's hear again then from Katharina and Josef and firstly Leslie and his partner Vesta.
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Chapter 6: How do cultural attitudes influence discussions about miscarriage?
We were offered therapy to try and talk to someone about what's happening to me and the emotions and us as a couple and what that means. And I think one of the miscarriages I had, which was before my second daughter, which was I think a bit more traumatic because it came with surgery. After that, my consultant sat me down and said, Vesta, you really now need to speak to someone because this is something that after that, your chances of having children are slimmer.
So you need to really sit down and see maybe if it means you're just going to have the one child. I still stayed positive because I think my faith in me and there was something telling me that I am meant to be a mother and it's just going to happen. It might take a bit longer or whatever. So the support was going to come through talking therapy, which I never took up. And I don't know why I never took it up. I just felt like I can do this by myself. Me and Leslie, we are strong. We can do this together.
But after a while, I opened up to friends and family, and that's when they also opened up and said, actually, we've gone through this. And throughout my life, I have come encounter with women that have gone through that, complete strangers to me, but we strike up a conversation, we start talking, and then actually, there's almost like a healing process that happens when you open up.
You can share your experience with someone and someone can share their experience with you. I never knew my mum had a miscarriage until we had our first miscarriage. We were talking to my dad's sister and he said, oh, you'll be fine. Your mum had a miscarriage before your oldest brother and you had a third born. She had three kids after that, so don't worry. I said, what? My mum had a miscarriage? I never knew that. I understand why people don't talk about these things, at least within our community. I don't know about you, Joseph.
I don't think I've come across any male friend or relative in my circle who has said, look, I'm really stressed because my wife has had a miscarriage. It doesn't mean they are not, but nobody discusses it. I agree with that.
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Chapter 7: What lessons do couples want to share with their future children about miscarriage?
Ihmiset ajattelevat paljon siitä, ja he käyttävät sen heidän kanssaan, mutta ehkä he eivät keskustele sitä yksinkertaisesti. Mutta olen yrittänyt vastata siitä hieman, ja se on myös se, miksi olemme aloittaneet tätä keskustelua sinne, ja olen iloinen siitä. Mutta olen myös tuntenut itseäni, että minä olisin todennäköisesti tekemässä samaa asiaa, eikä tarvinnut osallistua tarpeeksi tai puhua ihmisten kanssa, eikä kysyä ihmisten kysymyksiä, ja jopa perheiden kanssa.
Joten luulen, että voin tehdä hieman paremman työtä siitä myös, ja kertoa kokemuksiani ja tunteet. Ja ihan helppoa ja helppoa tavalla, mutta luulen, että se voi auttaa huolehtimaan, kuten sanoit. Se luo huolehtimisen ympäristön. Voinko kysyä, kun kaverit käsittelemättä kärsivät niitä kokemuksia,
Oikeastaan ei. Yksi ystäväni sanoi Vestaan, että mitä sinä teit, tai mitä tapahtui? Se oli melkein kuin, mitä sinä teit, jotta luotaisit tuon ristiriidan asiaa. Ja me tuntimme, että se oli yllättävää. Tietysti emme aloittanut niin monia ihmisiä, mutta muutamme kertovat.
eivät tietäneet oikeita asioita sanoa, joten lopulta emme kertoneet ihmisille. Se teki sitä pahempaa. Emme sanoneet mitään. Päätin, etten kertoa ihmisille, ja ainoastaan isäni tunnettiin, mutta koska hän ei ollut itse käynyt itselleen, hän ei tiedä, miten käsitellä sitä, joten hän kysyisi, kuinka minua tuntuu, ja yrittäisi pitää minua tuntemaan hyvältä joka päivä, mutta joskus haluaisin vain jäädä ylös, ja itse asiassa en tiedä, mitä tunnin itselleen.
Mutta mielestäni se, että ehkä en osallistunut paljon ihmisille, ehkä se oli hyvä, koska en ollut tarvinnut kuulla näitä kommentteja, mutta se oli myös vaikea. Ja sitten pitää mennä töihin ja ymmärtää, että kaikki oli hyvä, oli myös hyvin vaikeaa. Oletko teillä ottanut aikaa, koska joissain aloissa on nyt järjestelmää?
No, absolutely not. I think one of the things that really upset me, which made me eventually leave that job, when we had the ectopic and her G was removed, after she got home, she needed a lot of help to do things, but I wasn't given time off from work. And that's when I got so...
demotivointi tehdä mitään työtä, minä tuli todella rauhassa heidän työtänsä työtä ja tietysti löysin toisen työn.
Minulle se oli enemmän tai vähemmän samaa, mutta en halunnut edes aloittaa bossini, koska tuntui, että olisin itselleen yllättynyt tästä kokemuksesta. Voitko kysyä, oliko bossi nainen vai nainen? Nainen. Mutta luulen, että hän olisi ymmärtänyt, mutta luulen, etten ollut vahva antaa hänelle tietoa siitä.
Muistan, että tuli takaisin viikonloppuun ja viikonloppuun, jolloin minulla oli paljon sääntöjä ja huolta. Sitten aloitin uuden viikonloppuun ja aloin työskennellä kotona tuon viikonloppuun. Sitten minun piti mennä työskennellä täällä ja siellä muutaman päivän.
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