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Do people keep hinting you should be “over it” by now?
After a pregnancy loss, people may be supportive and encouraging for a little while. What about weeks or months later when everyone has expected you to “move on,” and you are still feeling that deep ache of grief? When well meaning relatives and strangers ask when you will try again, but you still can’t face the idea of going through that all over again. What about when you were totally blindsided by the loss because you didn’t think you would be one of the statistics you read about when you are trying to conceive.
It doesn’t matter how early or late in the pregnancy the loss occurred, it still counts. It still hurts. And it takes time and support from someone who understands to heal.
“A mother is never defined by the number of children you can see, but by the love that she holds in her heart.”
– Franchesca Cox
