MY MISCARRIAGE EXPERIENCE

Even now, after I have had successful pregnancies and healthy children, I can still go back to that day in March 2007 (when I had the miscarriage).
I can still remember: 

• The fear, the heart-sinking, gut-wrenching fear I felt when I first saw the fresh blood stain. 
• The panic, the heart-breaking panic that came over me when, about 15 hours later, I could feel contractions as my body prepared to expel my baby. 
• The sense of despair that completely weakened me physically as I was examined in the hospital.
• The grief of losing someone that I loved so much but was never going to meet (that is a kind of grief that is very difficult to explain).

That was a dark time in my life and remembering it still has the power to bring tears to my eyes. The miscarriage changed me forever; I will never forget the events and the emotions of that experience. And I hope, the next time you see someone going through a pregnancy loss, you will remember my story and be a little more compassionate with her.