Perspective: Rihanna's halftime show sparked questions about her pregnancy before she officially confirmed it. Women should have agency over announcing such news, an expert said.
“It’s such a profound moment in our lives, whether we had losses ourselves, heard tragic stories, or don’t want to reveal it.”Mona Benach still remembers all too clearly when she was just 8 weeks pregnant with her third child and the day care provider pulled her aside and
Pregnancy, or the specter of it, somehow invites touches, stares and comments like none other. And this happens at the most vulnerable of times. “The interesting thing is how our culture feels like it’s okay to look at women’s bodies, to analyze bodies, in a time of fertility, pregnancy and postpartum,” says, a birth and postpartum doula in D.C. “It keeps people’s bodies in a place of objectification.
Several women who had endured pregnancy loss said they still felt the sting of invasive questions decades later., a doula certified in perinatal mental health, said people need to remember another person’s possible pregnancy is “none of our business.” But more important than that, suggesting someone is pregnant can be a triggering experience. “What if this person has experienced pregnancy loss? They can still be carrying their belly because of that,” she said.
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