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Breaking the taboo of talking pregnancy loss

Pregnancy loss is something which women are made to feel is a taboo subject to discuss openly. In this day and age of being told the importance of being open around mental health I think that something which affects mental health so much should be openly discussed. So here I am today writing about the losses I have suffered this year in the hope it helps others find strength and that this should not be something that should be made to feel like a shameful secret. Before I met Jack, I had decided I didn't want kids. On our first date I told him so and that I was a career woman. He also told me he didn't want marriage. Fast forward 10 months and we were engaged and trying for a baby. My parents divorced when I was so young, I now dreamed of my own little family around the tree at Christmas and making our own family traditions. I first found out I was pregnant in February but sadly within a week I had what is called a chemical pregnancy. It is when a miscarriage occurs early i...