I finished up reading the book Outlander last week. If you are unfamiliar, the premise is a women gets transported through time from the early 1900s to the early 1700s in Scotland. Over the course of several pages… I struggled through reading several reference to stillborns. I took screenshots (yes - I read on my phone) of the pages that hit me. Swipe to see.
Here were my corresponding thoughts as I read, with my new lens of a mother of stillbirth. #1 - I thought this was actually a pretty good way to put things. This could be how I answer the scary question, “How many children do you have?” I just wish I had the cool Scottish accent to go with it. “I bore 3, ye ken. And am raising 2.” -Chelsie’s version .Thus why I took a screenshot - to remember for later. #2 - Then I got to this next screenshot mere pages later. Here we have a straight up reference to stillbirth. To me, before I experienced my stillbirth, I definitely thought stillbirths were only something that happened back in the day… take the Scotland Highlands in the 1700s for example. Just like this book. And woof… the grief they knew could come with it. Grief so true and believable in this instance it was used as a cover up to fool some redcoats in a dire situation. #3 - Seems like the women of the 1700s were better versed than I was on the importance of movement and that in fact when movement ceases there is causes for concern. (I knew in a way to pay attention, but I really had no clue WHY… I didn’t think babies died out of the blue.) So there is my commentary. The end.
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