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by big_chungus 2339 days ago
> So we've never celebrated a pregnancy

Historically, many cultures didn't even name a baby for the first week or so for this reason. There were typically justifications in tradition or some such, but the fact was that many infants simply didn't live that long and this reduced the emotional attachment. People carry out so much before birth these days that your solution may the best mitigation of a tragic circumstance (along with reducing rates of miscarriage, that is).