So much about being a woman is waiting: waiting your turn for a promotion, waiting for the right time to bring something up in your relationships, waiting in hospital beds everywhere — if you’re lucky enough to make it to one. I’m in my new apartment — the first time I’ve ever lived alone — and I’m interviewing women who have had similar experiences with miscarrying at work. She had no choice but to stay at work as she suffered intense cramping and passed the nonviable pregnancy without medical supervision. S. Ferdowsi is a writer continuing her work on miscarriage. Find more of her nonfiction in Best of the Net, The Rumpus, the 2nd Story podcast and the anthology Millennial Feminism at Work.

Source: Huffington Post May 30, 2025 11:57 UTC