Same Same
Thank you for this, Ashley. My husband and I got pregnant in our second cycle of trying, back in June. We were so excited and nervous, we knew the 25%. I was also 8 weeks when we found out we had a missed miscarriage. We had seen a weak heartbeat on the ultrasound 10 days earlier, and we just knew the outlook was not good.
I publicized my story as well, wrote something short. It was extremely hard to do, but I can’t tell you how many people private messaged me with very similar stories, and how many of them also told me they had never told another soul before. It was shocking and soothing and so sad, all at the same time.
I was lucky enough to have a natural miscarriage shortly after we got the news. We’re also healed and are ready to try again. But I have to say that talking about it- very openly with friends, family, even almost complete strangers- has been my greatest solace throughout this entire experience. We decided to just put ALL of it out there. It’s been uncomfortable and sometimes not as well-received, but it’s out there, and we refused to hide. So, again, thank you for doing the same.