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How to respond when others minimize your loss

I lost my baby at 20 weeks and my mother-in-law keeps saying 'at least you know you can get pregnant' and I want to scream but don't know how to make her understand.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Well-meaning attempts at comfort can become acts of erasure that compound the original wound.

Worth thinking about

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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.