Lets talk about miscarriage

Women and men often feel reluctant to discuss what is a distressing and bewildering - but far from rare - experience, writes Claire Daly in the run-up to International Baby Loss Awareness Day

One in five pregnancies are thought to end in a miscarriage, yet though it is commonplace, such a loss can be emotionally paralysing. Many women and men feel reluctant to talk about what is often a distressing and bewildering but far from rare experience.

After I wrote an article for the Guardian about a miscarriage I had in 2013 I was shocked at the scale of the response. Everyone wants to talk about, but no one wants to be the one to bring it up, one woman told me.

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from Pregnancy | The Guardian http://ift.tt/1CV0XMv