Baby found alive in sewer pipe

[Bella Fortuna]

Pregnant women aren't magical or holy or anything more than human beings - sometimes lonely, scared, or uninformed human beings lacking in confidence or resources.

[Faithfree]

It's a fallacy that becoming pregnant inherently imbues a woman with maternal knowledge, knowhow and feelings.

Going into labour for the first time .. too early - I was miscarrying .. cramping ... a strong need to bear down ... it literally felt like I needed to shit. Lacking any information and support ... despite being married, having people who knew and cared that I was pregnant, and me very much wanting to be a mother ... I was alone at the time, and being a complete novice naturally I went to the toilet, and that's where the sixteen week foetus went. It was too early and I knew little about pregnancy and nothing about the possibility of miscarriage at that stage of gestation. Afterwards feelings were a strange mix of heavy confusion, sad acceptance because people were quick to point out there must have been something wrong with the foetus so nature was taking care of it, and incredible sadness for the disappointment of those who were losing a grandchild, niece/nephew .. whatever.

That was a long time ago. Thinking about it again now ... Fuck, I've come a long way.

That took some guts to post -

[Tero]

I'm thiking there must be some Chinese Rotarooter guys that end up finding some of these, dead, in their job. From clogging up the plumbing.

[charlou]

It's a fallacy that becoming pregnant inherently imbues a woman with maternal knowledge, knowhow and feelings.

Going into labour for the first time .. too early - I was miscarrying .. cramping ... a strong need to bear down ... it literally felt like I needed to shit. Lacking any information and support ... despite being married, having people who knew and cared that I was pregnant, and me very much wanting to be a mother ... I was alone at the time, and being a complete novice naturally I went to the toilet, and that's where the sixteen week foetus went. It was too early and I knew little about pregnancy and nothing about the possibility of miscarriage at that stage of gestation. Afterwards feelings were a strange mix of heavy confusion, sad acceptance because people were quick to point out there must have been something wrong with the foetus so nature was taking care of it, and incredible sadness for the disappointment of those who were losing a grandchild, niece/nephew .. whatever.

That was a long time ago. Thinking about it again now ... Fuck, I've come a long way.

That took some guts to post -

Thank you.

It took some consideration before submitting, that's for sure. Something I've learned over time is that I learn a lot and reinform my social understanding and opinions by reading/hearing the candid, honest revelations of people. There's a certain dignity and humanity in even the most difficult or unexpected anecdote and I'm grateful that people are willing to share something so intimate of themselves so I can better understand them. There's a vast diversity of life experiences I haven't and may never have myself, but might better understand and empathise with when I learn about them.

With that in mind, it was easier to post.

[JimC]

It's a fallacy that becoming pregnant inherently imbues a woman with maternal knowledge, knowhow and feelings.

Going into labour for the first time .. too early - I was miscarrying .. cramping ... a strong need to bear down ... it literally felt like I needed to shit. Lacking any information and support ... despite being married, having people who knew and cared that I was pregnant, and me very much wanting to be a mother ... I was alone at the time, and being a complete novice naturally I went to the toilet, and that's where the sixteen week foetus went. It was too early and I knew little about pregnancy and nothing about the possibility of miscarriage at that stage of gestation. Afterwards feelings were a strange mix of heavy confusion, sad acceptance because people were quick to point out there must have been something wrong with the foetus so nature was taking care of it, and incredible sadness for the disappointment of those who were losing a grandchild, niece/nephew .. whatever.

That was a long time ago. Thinking about it again now ... Fuck, I've come a long way.

That took some guts to post -

Thank you.

It took some consideration before submitting, that's for sure. Something I've learned over time is that I learn a lot and reinform my social understanding and opinions by reading/hearing the candid, honest revelations of people. There's a certain dignity and humanity in even the most difficult or unexpected anecdote and I'm grateful that people are willing to share something so intimate of themselves so I can better understand them. There's a vast diversity of life experiences I haven't and may never have myself, but might better understand and empathise with when I learn about them.

With that in mind, it was easier to post.