The Last Time I…Was Pregnant

Processing the loss of a pregnancy, a miscarriage, is heartbreakingly surreal.

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Miscarriage is such a terrible word. It implies that I, the overly careful, formerly expectant mother, somehow took a misstep and did something that resulted in the loss of my pregnancy. I knew that I was pregnant before the tests confirmed it. Although the line was faint and I…