The Miscarriage
  The Miscarriage     Bad Blood   I started spotting in my 8 th  week of pregnancy. It brought on a panic and a distress within me that I hadn’t felt before. I tried to focus on my work but it was so hard to do. Amidst the panic, I managed a comical text to my bestie, Jean. Perhaps a little comic relief would ease the fear, I thought.     Kris:  Jean, I’m spotting. I don’t know what to expect. We have a doctor’s appointment soon but I’m scared.     Jean: Ok, it’s normal to be scared. Let me know how it goes.     Kris:   OK.     Kris:  Btw, ‘Baby, now we got bad blood’ has taken on a whole new meaning. (Y’know the Taylor Swift song)     Jean:  OMG Kris     ---   (the following are adaptations of entries from my journal circa Sept 15)     In many ways, throughout history, blood has been a symbol of life. I think of how so much of who we are is in our blood. I think of how from a sample of blood in a test tube, our futures are altered forever- at risk, not at risk, sick, not sick, pre...

