01 A Little History
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This article is from the Miscarriage FAQ, by Laura Brooks brook006@mc.duke.edu with numerous contributions by others.
01 A Little History
In the spring of 1994, I had my second miscarriage in a row. Anxious to
learn more, I posted a message to misc.kids, asking for information and
moral support. I got a lot of both, along with the suggestion that I look
at this FAQ.
After awhile I consolidated the mail I had received into a large addition
to the FAQ, and the woman maintaining it at the time asked me if I would
consider taking it over, so I did. I added my changes and made it available
over the WWW (http://wdg.mc.duke.edu/~brook006/miscarriage.html). Since then
I've occasionally made revisions to the Web version, but not as frequently
as I'd like.
I have recently made an attempt at reorganizing the FAQ, by breaking it
into sections. One section has words of support, one has technical
information, and there are also smaller sections dealing with bleeding,
molar pregnancies, and how long to wait before trying again. By far,
though, the largest section is made of personal stories, sent in by other
readers of the FAQ. This brings me to a dilemma. Every story is different,
and each deserves to be told. Reading other peoples' stories, I know, is
one thing that helped me to not feel so alone when I was going through my
own miscarriages.
However, the FAQ file has grown so large that it could only be posted to
the Usenet in 7 or 8 pieces. Furthermore, it continues to grow, and change,
and I don't want to have to limit that growth. Therefore, I have decided to
break out the personal stories into their own file. You may access this
file at: http://wdg.mc.duke.edu/~brook006/stories.html, or send mail
to me at: brook006@mc.duke.edu and I will send it to you.
Occasionally people send me mail asking for advice or with specific
questions. This is OK, but the only information I'm qualified to give is
an account of my own experience, and a little moral and emotional support.
I don't have any medical training or special "insider info". I'm just someone
who's been there, twice, and lived to tell about it.
I'm also happy to report that my third pregnancy was successful, and our
daughter Sarah was born in March of 1995. As a result, I'm a lot busier
now than I used to be, and wouldn't mind passing the maintenace of this
FAQ on to someone new. If you are interested, please e-mail me at
brook006@mc.duke.edu. Thanks a lot...
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