Posted on 10/21/2025 9:07:32 PM PDT by Morgana
When Taylor Edwards and her husband Travis first learned they were pregnant in late 2022, they were filled with joy — and relief. After more than two years of trying, and three rounds of IVF, they would be parents.
"With IVF and infertility, you are always waiting for the other shoe to drop," says Edwards, 33. After she passed her 12-week mark into her second trimester, she felt like she could relax. "I was like, 'Finally. I've run a marathon. I did it. It's my turn to be a mom.' "
But when she and Travis, 34, went in for an ultrasound at 17 weeks in February of 2023, the imaging technician called in her doctor for a second look. "He gets to the back, and her skull and neck are not connected," she recalls. "There's a bubble-like structure. Her brain was coming out. And he says, 'This baby's not going to survive.' I didn't understand the words he was saying in that moment."
The doctor explained that their baby, whom they had named Phoebe, had a rare neural tube defect called encephalocele, in which her brain was growing out of an opening in her skull — a condition that was, in her case, determined to be fatal.
The news was "earth-shattering," says Edwards, one of several women who are sharing stories with the organization Abortion in America about how their lives have been affected by abortion bans. "It felt like there was a gaping hole in the earth that just split open,"
What came next, she says, "added trauma onto an already traumatic situation."
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The a pair of off the rack women’s pants are sized for a women 5’9”. That makes those pants 6 inches too long for a 5’4” woman. In the fashion world, 5’4” is petite.
5’ 4” is average.
You’re right that 5’4” is an average height for women, but the clothing industry considers 5’4” and under to be petite. The sizing has something to do with proportions, too.
The fashion industry might be trying to curry favor with average size women by calling them petite.
No, that’s not what’s happening. The average woman is not petite-sized. Most women wouldn’t want to be this size. Petite sizes are hard to find. There’s not much selection.
It’s not so much about height. It’s about other measurements. Size P is not only shorter in the length of pants, but also smaller in other measurements, such as the arm holes in tops.
I don’t know how this subject started, but there it is.
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