A Georgia woman who lost two children to miscarriages called for doctors’ offices to have separate waiting areas for pregnant patients and patients experiencing pregnancy loss.
India Batson, 29, made the request. in a TikTok from March 15 It has since gone viral and has garnered over 2.6 million views.
In it, the Atlanta resident makes her case and talks about a recent visit to the doctor after one of her miscarriages.
Crying, she recalled being overcome with emotion after being taken back to the same place where days before she learned that her baby no longer had a heartbeat.
Undeterred, she told her nearly 50,000 followers that she and her husband are ready to try for another baby after their ordeal.
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India Batson, 29, made the request in a March 15 TikTok that has since gone viral, garnering more than 2.6 million views.
Batson, seen here in hospital clothes, recently suffered a miscarriage, her second in just a few years.
She told viewers last week: ‘I would like to recommend obstetrics and gynecology offices have a different waiting room if you are there for a miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy or rupture of an ectopic pregnancy.
‘If you’re there because of a loss,’ he continued, ‘I’d like there to be a separate waiting room from the normal waiting room.
‘Because sitting in that waiting room, next to tons of pregnant women, while you wait to come back just to get blood work done to see if your HCG is back to zero, sucks.
“Like it’s absolutely shit.”
The statement, she said, came immediately after a doctor’s appointment where she was forced to endure what she had just described.
“There’s no other way to say it,” she said, fighting back tears as she remembered a few hours earlier.
“I didn’t expect to be so excited – to be back at the scene for blood tests where I found out there was no longer a heartbeat.”
“I didn’t expect this wave of emotions to come back into the room,” he continued, remembering what he thought at that moment.
She told viewers last week: ‘I would like to recommend obstetrics and gynecology offices have a different waiting room if you are there for a miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy or rupture of an ectopic pregnancy. “If you’re there because of a loss,” she continued, “I’d like there to be a separate waiting room from the normal waiting room.”
She made the request so that people like her won’t be surrounded by visibly pregnant women happy with their ultrasound photos. Here you see a still image of her older pregnancy.
Bastón is seen here with her husband Daniel Martínez, the father of both missing children.
Despite the losses, she said she and her spouse are ready to try for another baby in May and wants doctors to follow their suggestion.
‘Like, “Oh, this is where I found out there’s no longer a heartbeat.”
“I don’t know how to explain it,” he continued. “It just kind of brought back all the emotions.”
After finishing, he let out an exasperated sigh, as if to make it clear how much the incident here had affected him.
Before saying goodbye, she told her viewers: ‘Gosh, pregnancy loss is hard. (And) it’s not yet 12 o’clock.’
An accompanying caption asked viewers, “Have you ever been in the waiting room after a loss?” including the hashtags #ttc #ttcaafterloss #miscarriage #miscarriageawareness #pregnancyloss.
TTC stands for “Trying to Conceive.”
The video has since attracted the attention of news stations across the country, including ABC’s Good Morning America and Live NOW from Foxto whom Baston, in turn, said: ‘There are realistic ways we can help women overcome their pain.
“Treat them with dignity as they grieve the loss of their baby,” she added.
The video has since attracted the attention of news stations across the country, including ABC’s GMA and Fox, to whom Baston told: “There are realistic ways we can help women overcome their pain and treat them with dignity as they mourn the loss of their baby. ‘
“Treat them with dignity as they grieve the loss of their baby,” she added.
After finishing her piece, she lets out an exasperated sigh and tells her viewers, ‘Gee, pregnancy loss is hard.’ It’s not 12 o’clock yet’
Speaking to ‘GMA’ on Wednesday, she said she and her spouse are ready to try again in May and wants doctors to heed her suggestion in the meantime.
She added that others have told her that their OB-GYNs have separate waiting areas or staggered schedules to accommodate patients in their particular situation, and she said she hopes sharing here inspires more widespread compassionate care.
‘I can’t speak for all women about what they would like. But it’s clear there are ways to overcome this,” she told the show.
“I would love nothing more than for this horrible experience to actually lead to positive changes for the women who will suffer a miscarriage after me.”
According to Stanford Medicine, pregnancy loss can occur in up to 1 in 4 pregnancies, making Batson’s request something to think about.
In the meantime, she continues to post about her “fertility journey,” as a caption on her TikTok says: “after two consecutive pregnancy losses.”