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Is it time to change the 12 week pregnancy rule?

Modern pregnancy tests allow women to find out they’re pregnant within 2 weeks of conception. Y...

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15.13 10 Oct 2019


Is it time to change the 12 week pregnancy rule?


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15.13 10 Oct 2019


Modern pregnancy tests allow women to find out they’re pregnant within 2 weeks of conception. Yet, societal conventions and superstition forces women to keep it secret for another 10 weeks. Katy Lindemann lost her baby before the ‘crucial’ twelve week mark, and felt she had to grieve in silence. Katy told Sean about her experience and why she wants to change the way we talk about pregnancy, and miscarriage. 


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