A Woman Who Suffered A Huge Loss And Experienced The True Meaning Of Friendship Shares Her Experience With Everyone

There's so much to know about this type of loss.

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• November 12, 2021

The expression "miscarriage" may suggest that something turned out badly in the manner the woman carried the pregnancy. However, this isn't always the case.

Most miscarriages occur because the baby isn't growing or developing normally. A general Practitioner and Principal Investigator and Founder of PrimeHealth Clinical Research in Toronto, Ontario, by name Iris Gorfinkel has composed an amazing piece on why we ought to consider throwing away the term miscarriage generally. 

10% to 20% of all confirmed pregnancies end up being miscarried, and this is according to the Mayo Clinic. However, the genuine number is probably higher in light of the fact that numerous miscarriages happen right off the bat in pregnancy.

This is before the couple even knew about the pregnancy. Ashlee Gadd is a 35-year-old mother of three living in California.

According to her, the hardest part of her miscarriage was accommodating how to stroll through her typical days while grieving and bleeding. "There are so many things I didn't know about this sort of loss," she said.

"I have never understood how much common life keeps whirling around... how this cycle doesn't occur in a day. It endures and lingers. I never thought about the number of ladies walking around in public places during the time spent quietly miscarrying. " 

Meet Ashlee Gadd and her family

Ashlee Gadd suffered her first miscarriage when she was seven weeks pregnant with her fourth kid. 

Friendships!

Fortunately for Gadd, she had people to support her through the loss. People like Anna Quinlan, a close friend who she has known for about 10 years. 

Friendship is caring!

So Anna Quinlan, her close friend, reached out to her. 

However, rather than asking how Ashlee was doing, Quinlan texted various choice questions.

Ashlee replies...

The mother, Ashlee, answered the text with a photograph of a roll of tissue. 

Her reply via chat

Anna texts back...

Can we still be friends?

Yes!

Anna to the rescue!

Later that day, tissue and Cheez-its showed up on Gadd's patio. 

Ashlee had never encountered a loss such as this. 

Gadd let Good Morning America know that a miscarriage never made it to her list. "It required a few minutes for it to truly hit me and I was crushed so bad," she said. "The doctor inquired as to whether she could embrace me and the second she did, I began crying." 

It worsened over the following week, and Gadd's mother had to have a dilation and curettage. A dilation and curettage is an operation performed after a miscarriage to clear the coating of the uterus.

Gadd recalled that she was still extremely pregnant, sick, and her boobs hurt during that week. "My body felt extremely pregnant, yet my mind knew that I would not be pregnant for much longer and that was truly hard to accept." 

Ashlee continues...

And her story continues...

In any case, she sees herself as one of the fortunate ones. 

Also, it was during that trying time that Anna helped and supported Gadd. Gadd decided that she had to share it on her social media because the support meant so much to her.

Happy together...

Every individual who heard Ashlee's story was moved by it incredibly. 

Here are some of the comments on Ashlee's viral story:

"This made me tear up."

From a young widow...

"Everyone handles loss differently"

A touching tale...

"My life is crazy a lot..."

A miscarriage is not something anyone prays for, but life can be unfair sometimes. So, it’s important to be strong at all times so as to be able to overcome the ranging storm when it comes.

Have you had or encountered an experience similar to this viral story? Kindly comment and share your thoughts below!

Maryjane