Rivenbark.TopicTalkIssue

**Topic Talk: Event, Issue, or Other Topic of Interest**

**Topic Choice: Miscarriages in Pregnancy** List five facts that you already know about this event/issue:
 * 1) Nearly 1 in every 3 pregnancies end in miscarriage


 * 1) Most miscarriages occur in the first 12 weeks of a pregnancy


 * 1) In most cases, the cause of the miscarriage in unknown.


 * 1) In most cases, miscarriages are unpreventable.


 * 1) Most first pregnancies end in miscarriage.

**Answer these questions about this person:** This issue impacts all women and men that are interested in having children. It is a topic that many feel uncomfortable talking about, but happens very frequently.
 * 1) How did/will this event/issue impact the world?

I want to raise awareness to women about the issue of miscarriages. Many, if not most women have been effected by miscarriages, but it is a taboo topic because it is so heartbreaking. With 1 in 3 pregnancies ending in miscarriage, women of childbearing age need to be made aware of the possibility of miscarriage so they can be better prepared, if that’s possible.
 * 1) For what purpose do you want to write about this event/issue--that is, what argument(s) might you make about it? (For example, you might show how teachers can work with dyslexic students or argue that Hurricane Katrina was a turning point in American politics).

My audience will be women, especially young women who are planning on having children. I want women to understand that miscarriages happen frequently and there is not much that can be done to prevent them. I want to women to understand why they happen and I want women to understand that losing an unborn child is a great, severe loss.
 * 1) For what audience(s) do you intend to make your argument(s) about this event? (People who already know about dyslexia? People from New Orleans? Teachers?) Explain.

Interviews with obstetricians and therapists, poems, obituaries, advice columns, letters, autobiographies, public service announcements, medical records, and greeting cards are all types of writing that could be appropriate for this topic.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What genres (types of writing) might be appropriate to this topic? (For example, what kinds of writing might associated people (like teachers) write about it? What kinds of writing might be written about it?)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">In April, when I was sixteen weeks pregnant I had a miscarriage. I had no idea how common miscarriages were, especially for first pregnancies. I want women to be more aware of how prevalent they are and how to grieve for the loss.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Why are you interested in researching this event/issue? How do you personally connect with it?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Resources** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Books on pregnancy and fertility, medical magazines, interviews with doctors, and internet sites about pregnancy could all be useful.