"It’s ridiculous that the doctor thought I was safe to go home. But this scenario occurs too often, and this is exactly how tragedies can happen."
"Quite late in the pregnancy ... I discovered that this little fetus was not going to live,” she said on her podcast.
The U.S. may lack a cultural template for how to acknowledge pregnancy loss, but there are plenty of ways to let a loved one know that you're there for them.
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“I knew it was happening,” the Tony-winning actor and singer wrote in an emotional Instagram post. “It started slowly the night before.”
Keep this list on hand when someone you know has suffered a loss and could use a bit of extra love and comfort.
"Where was Marty? Right by my side. He was the ball of fur nestled in my duvet. The damp nose sniffing my tear-soaked face."
"The women on the app understood my grief and bewilderment better than my own very supportive partner, because they’d been through it or something like it."
When a couple experiences a pregnancy loss, the feelings of the non-pregnant partner often go overlooked.
"I hadn’t told all my friends and family that I had been expecting. But now that something had gone wrong, I needed more support."
