The word miscarriage carries a history of failure that can shape how loss is felt. People turn to story and metaphor to make sense of what happened.

I didn’t just lose a hoped-for pregnancy—I lost my ability to feel loss. Trauma made grief confusing and inaccessible, but ...

Miscarriage leave policies are a blind spot on many college campuses, one that urgently needs to be addressed. For me, losing my unborn child to miscarriage exposed an uncomfortable truth about the ...