Hard to Bear: Investigating the science and silence of miscarriage

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a tray bearing a bottle and several glasses a load-bearing wall 6 SHOW/BE A SIGN OF sign/mark formal to have or show a sign, mark, or particular appearance, especially when this shows that something has happened or is true SYN have The letter bore no signature. On the other hand, when Oderberg wrote an article titled “The ‘ugly’ side of pregnancy loss is the part we most need to see”, the word “clot” was edited out. Passengers could be insulting, and stewardesses just had to grin and bear it (=accept it without complaining ). One particularly poignant chapter (‘I Wanna be Sedated’) deals with the mental health impacts of pregnancy loss, which are earth-shatteringly powerful, and yet casually dismissed by medical professionals and society at large. The wisdom and warnings contained within will echo loudly in the hearts and minds of compassionate carers, victims of loss and – hopefully – future generations of ethical medical professionals.

If you want to find out the value of money, live on 15 shillings a week and see how much you can put by for clothes and recreation. Hard to Bear asks why this subject remains taboo, and attempts to rectify the devastating impacts of misattribution, misinformation and misunderstanding surrounding miscarriage, including the connotations of the word itself. bear down → bear on/upon something → bear somebody/sth↔ out → bear up → bear with somebody/something → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus bear • A messenger arrived, bearing a letter from the ambassador.bear the responsibility/blame etc Developed countries bear much of the responsibility for environmental problems. Some products that bear freshness dates are cheeses, breakfast cereals, bakery products, and mayonnaise. Otis, who bore lifelong grudges over provocations infinitely smaller than this, was realistic enough to know when he was had. The insured must bear the costs of the Engineers fees unless liability is subsequently established under the policy.

Hard to Bear is essential reading for anyone interested in the intersection of systemic inequality, empirical evidence and lived experience. In these cases, it’s helpful to create some kind of mnemonic or tool to help you remember when to use which word.Bear and bare are homophones: words that sound the same but mean different things and are spelled differently. Once or twice this is slightly undermined by the use of that tricky word “we” – but this is anomalous, since the orientation of the work is to remember the diversity of experience associated with miscarriage.