From the article: Should I Encourage My Grieving Friend to Talk About the Pregnancy Loss?
After experiencing a miscarriage or other pregnancy loss, some parents want to talk about their grief as a way to cope with what happened. Others prefer not to talk about it at all. What was your experience? Share your response below.
Help
- I had a miscarriage at 2 weeks pregnant and I feel that nobody is around to support me. It's during the day that I'm at my lowest.
- —Guest steph
Talking helps grieving process
- I lost my baby at 20weeks and talking about the experience helped me immensely. As part of my cathartic process I wrote about my loss (www.howhappyis.com/2009/12/losing-a-baby) I found that many women have had a miscarriage, but we do not talk about it. Talking and writing about this experience helped me to come to terms with my loss.
- —Guest Sophie
Talking about your miscarriage
- I found that talking about my experience helped me cope and come to terms with the miscarriage. It was very difficult to talk to many friends and family as they just did not understand. It also seemed that they did not want to listen and as though I did not have the right to grieve my baby. It seemed that because my loss was an early loss that nobody except my husband wanted to help. I did get support from a support group which did help a lot.
- —Guest Joyce
