The M-Word: Shattering the Silence on Miscarriage | Lisa Hanasono | TEDxBGSU
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ค. 2018
- In this powerful talk, Dr. Lisa Hanasono shares her personal experience with pregnancy loss. In doing so, she invites viewers to share their stories and end the silence and stigma surrounding miscarriage. Dr. Lisa Hanasono is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at Bowling Green State University (BGSU). Her research examines how people communicate and cope with stigma, prejudice, and discrimination. After experiencing an unexpected and traumatic miscarriage, Dr. Hanasono began to investigate how cultural, institutional, media, and interpersonal factors shroud pregnancy loss in secrecy and shame-and how people can use communication to bring these important societal issues into the public sphere. Recently, she was awarded a Fall 2018 fellowship from BGSU’s Institute for the Study of Culture and Society, which will allow her to pursue multiple research and civic engagement projects that explore how women, their loved ones, and communities can shatter the stigma and break the silence about pregnancy loss and miscarriage. As an educator with over 14 years of college teaching experience, Dr. Hanasono has taught a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses on topics including public speaking, interpersonal communication, and interviewing, race and communication, and research methods. She also enjoys mentoring students, serving on university committees that support issue related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and leading professional development workshops. Outside of academia, Dr. Hanasono enjoys spending time with her partner John, her teenage stepdaughter Lexi, her baby Sean, and her horse named Tater Tot. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
I wish there had been this kind of help when I miscarried in July of 1978 (10 days after my positive pregnancy test) and July of 1983. I tried to research what may have gone wrong but that was before the internet. I found one book titled Coping With Miscarriage some time after my 2nd miscarriage. It helped a little. We did have a son and a daughter in the 80's. So I'm very grateful for my two children. In my heart, I still remember the 2 I lost even after all these years.
I agree.I had two then had a son and daughter. Always on my mind.especially when I think of my kids.raising my grand child now
I’ve had 6 miscarriages (1 at 5 mos). I went on to have a beautiful little boy and a beautiful little girl. Both have special needs. My son has severe needs, needing 24/7 care. He also has the most wonderful infectious laugh and smile. My daughter is high functioning, and has such a fantastic personality. She and my son are very close. She’s now in her 1st year of university and thriving. All that said I’ve never really gotten over those miscarriages.
1 Madcelt .... I just had my fifth at 14 wks. Feeling so broken and empty. I hope one day I will hold my baby in my arms. The emotional pain is unbearable.
So sorry Mel T.
I’ve had several. It’s debilitating. And makes others act weird towards me.
I've had several.. I still have never really gotten help. I really need it.
I understand you and I am sorry for your losses.
This is so powerful. Happy someone spoke about it. I'm sorry for every couple who goes through this painful experience. Talking about it helps a lot. Suffering in silence is definitely not helpful.
I've had a miscarriage at 18 weeks, it was sad, But my John is in heaven!
This is so amazing to talk about this. Breaks the silence
The horrible thing for me when I was going through miscarriage was that 1. No one around me had had one, none planned for one and so they all would tell me “it’ll just happen, you’ll have a baby in no time” 2. My own mother didn’t want a kid and yet had me on the first go and it was a fairly easy pregnancy and 3. Two coworkers of mine because pregnant (also not wanting a kid) and one of them announced it on my baby’s supposed due date. I’m pregnant again after exactly a year from my last one and I’m really worried, my first ultrasound is in 2 weeks. That coworker is having a baby shower the same exact day I found out I had a miscarriage and I just feel like the world is against me. I really hope I get good news at my appointment
I lost my baby at 10 weeks and I never got to hear our babies heartbeat.
I understand you. However, I got a chance to hear his heartbeat twice - 120 and 162 bpm two weeks earlier before I got diadnosed with a silent miscarriage.
I was 9 weeks. I also never got the chance to hear a heartbeat due to some scheduling issues at my doctor.
This has just happened to me 😭 it's so hard. Thinking of you
I lost my pregnancy 2 months ago. Still cannot sleep at night after having a chemical misscarriage at the hospital (after a diagnosis that the heart suddenly stopped beating), all the pain and having to pick the fetus from the toilet at night. It feels very lonely.
I'm so sorry for your loss MarysiaMaria. I understand your pain and want you to know you're not alone in the silence. Sending you warmth & love. Ebony xo
Love this
Powerful share, beautiful dress.
May God bless you and your families! Thank you a lot for a very important speech!
I lost my first and second babies after giving birth due to a genetic anomaly even knowing we have only 75% chance that our babies will survive due to a genetic condition we still tried and got our rainbow baby 👶🏻 . After she turned 2 I got pregnant again but miscarried at 8 weeks .
Yeah, most of their responses aren't helpful at all, and we really need someone to listen to us and feel our feelings.
Good talk but she just look too happy to tell the world about her miscarriage. She is talking about miscarriage yet she was smiling the entire speech. She betrayed her own speech about misrepresentation of miscarriage. And as she mentioned, not all women have the same happy ending just like her so how can other relate to her?
Agree.. For me it was all good until she said something about how not all women who had a MC go on to have a baby "and that is totally fine." I've had several mcs and it's not fine. I felt invalidated and couldn't listen to the rest of the talk.