Three of us in our friend group have had miscarriages in the past year and we've become this unspoken support system, but now one friend is pregnant again and we're all pretending to be purely happy for her when the truth is more complicated and we don't know how to navigate that honestly.
More people experience this than they realize.
Joy and grief can coexist in ways that feel socially unacceptable to express, especially within close friendships.
“Where Are You with Reproductive health — general?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.