Healing Metaphors A-Z - Abortion, Still Birth or Miscarriage

Abortion, Still Birth or Miscarriage
Abortion and miscarriage refer to the termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable. Stillbirth is the birth of a dead fetus. Any death of a fetus reflects our lost ‘selves’ that died in childhood. We are acting out or replaying the original situation, and most of the feelings of guilt, failure and pain stem from the original childhood trauma. As people had issues of abortion, stillbirth or miscarriage, they report many times at an intuitive level that the lost fetus is an old soul friend, angel or soul seeking learning or advancement by going through this experience. They do this for the purpose of helping us heal the old guilt surrounding loss of self, overwhelming pain, or finally, to recover the original selves that died. These dead selves that were created through trauma, remain with us but are deeply buried. This repression orients us in a self-destructive direction. As the trauma shows itself through present circumstances, we have an opportunity to heal the very root of the pain from the past.

Chuck Spezzano and Janie Ticehurst, Healing the Body Through Mind and Metaphor