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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2014 Dec 12;91(3):234–239. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2014.11.015

Table 5.

Quotes related to triggers of grief

Triggers

Quote # Quote Source
5.1 I’m still a little sad about it because… I have this app that was for… tracking the pregnancy, and then when I got pregnant again, I logged back onto that baby center… and then it was like, oh, you’re baby is six months old… and I was kind of like oh… I would have had that baby right now. That kind of was… hard to do and see. Participant 17, interview 2
5.2 Sometimes I do remember because I see baby clothes. My mom gave me some baby outfits and I when I see it … I get sad. Participant 1, interview 3
5.3 I just try to keep away. I feel like that’s a little bit easier for me, not looking at the babies, not holding them… Not that I want to be like that, because I love babies. But I can’t right now. Participant 18, interview 2
5.4 Right now one of my friends is pregnant, and I’m helping her. I’m telling her to drink a lot of water, to not be in the sun too much because that’s bad for her. So, I’m really doing well with that. But, like, when it barely happened last year… I couldn’t see pregnant women, kids running around. So, it was really bad for me the few months after it happened. Participant 7, interview 3
5.5 I’m thinking about getting pregnant again, though that does kind of scare me a little bit. We worry that it’ll be the same problem again. Participant 1, interview 2
5.6 [To] have another pregnancy would make me real conscious on everything. And I probably would think twice now about even becoming pregnant because I would be scared. Participant 13, interview 2
5.7 Even though there were times when I was very anxious about being pregnant [again] and about having children, I think that [a future pregnancy] is a big part of the closure for me. Participant 11, interview 3
5.8 I am moving forward with all the reproductive stuff with my doctor… I was like, ‘Tell me as soon as my body is ready; I’m ready to go.’ It definitely felt like coping. Participant 8, interview 2