"Nothing can prepare you for this." This post appeared first in Mamasuncut - visit the original post here: TikTok influencers find levity in grief after experiencing late-term pregnancy loss ...

TikTokers Alex Madison and Jon Bouffard get candid about expecting a baby together while grieving the loss of their first one ...

At 41 weeks pregnant, it is considered a late-term pregnancy but is still within the normal range. Even though doctors estimate your due date to be at 40 weeks, it’s just that — an estimate.

A late preterm birth happens between 34 and almost 37 weeks of pregnancy. A full-term pregnancy usually lasts about 40 weeks. About 8% of all births in the U.S. are late preterm.

But only 1% of abortions take place at or after 21 weeks of pregnancy, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health in 2022. (A pregnancy normally lasts 40 weeks.) ...

The phrase “late-term” itself is contested, but for the purposes of this discussion I’m talking about abortions that take place around or beyond the threshold of potential fetal viability ...