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The article may contain affiliate links<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pregnancy loss, miscarriage<\/a>, or neonatal loss can be traumatic, life-altering experiences that are tough to truly understand unless you have been there. When someone else puts words<\/a> to that unexplainable feeling, it can feel like your pain has been acknowledged.<\/p>\n We’ve gathered words related to grief and loss—many from people who have experienced the loss of a pregnancy— and hope you see your truth or find comfort in some of these words.<\/p>\n “I held you every second of your life.” — Stephanie Paige Cole from Still: A Collection of Honest Artwork and Writings from the Heart of a Grieving Mother<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n “Baby loss = Zoe Clark-Coates<\/p>\n "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you." — Maya Angelou<\/p>\n When you carry a life and it’s there, and then gone, a part of your soul dies. Forever. — Casey Wiegano<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n I didn’t want to kiss you goodbye was the trouble. I wanted to kiss you goodnight, and there’s a lot of difference. — Ernest Hemingway<\/p>\n "Before I carried the pain, I carried you. And in my heart, I carry you still." — Unknown<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Any woman who’d ever lost a child knew of the hollowness that remained within the soul.” \u2015 Brittainy C. Cherry in Disgrace<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n “What does a miscarriage feel like? It feels as if you have been short-changed by nature. You will cry for what might have been but nobody will understand because they didn’t feel it.” — Unknown<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “We are not broken by our tragedy, our loss, our miscarriages, but made stronger by what we learn from them.” — Dr. Lora Shahine in Not Broken: An Approachable Guide to Miscarriage & Recurrent Pregnancy Loss<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n "Pregnancy loss is not a disease that can be cured; it's not going anywhere—it is, in fact, a normative outcome of pregnancy. And it is, therefore, a topic we would benefit from engaging in candid and integrating into everyday conversations, devoid of silence, stigma, and shame." — Dr. Jessica Zucker from I Had a Miscarriage<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n "A mother is not defined by the children she can see, but by the love she holds in her heart." — Franchesca Cox<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n "There is a unique pain that comes from preparing a place in your heart for a child that never comes.” — David Platt<\/p>\n "A life need not to be long-lived for it to be meaningful." — Unknown<\/p>\n "There is no foot too small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world." — Unknown<\/p>\n "Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart." — A.A. Milne in Winnie the Pooh<\/em><\/p>\n "How very softly you tiptoed into our world, almost silently, only a moment you stayed. But what an imprint your footsteps have left upon our hearts." — Dorothy Ferguson<\/p>\n "I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always, as long as I’m living, my baby you’ll be." — Robert Munsch in I'll Love you Forever<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n "Even those that never fully blossom bring beauty into the world." — Unknown<\/p>\n You were but a drop of rain to the eye but managed to flood my heart with love during your brief time with us. — Amy Hoover<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “The way forward is through, not around.” — A McDonald Ace, C. Starr, A.N. Bourbonnais in Through, Not Around: Stories of Infertility and Pregnancy Loss<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n "Some things cannot be fixed; they can only be carried. Grief like yours, love like yours, can only be carried." — Megan Devine<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n "Sometimes we don’t want to heal because the pain is the last link to what we’ve lost." — JM Storm<\/p>\n "You never arrived in my arms, but you will never leave my heart." — Zoe Clark-Coates<\/p>\n <\/p>\n "Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith… it is the price of love." — Elizabeth I<\/p>\n "Some say you’re too painful to remember. I say you’re too precious to forget." — Unknown<\/p>\n <\/p>\n "You didn't do anything to cause your loss. There is nothing <\/em>you did, didn't do, or could have done differently to prevent it. As you will continue to learn, the loss of pregnancy and the death of a baby are not discretionary; it can happen to anyone. It just happened to you<\/em>. — Joey Miller in Rebirth<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n "I am done trying to reason with it. For now, at least. There is no reason. There is nothing to understand. There is no could-have or should-have because there is only what is." — Nora McInerney in It's Okay to Laugh (Crying Is Cool Too)<\/em><\/p>\nTrying to Describe Loss<\/h2>\n
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A million what ifs
A billion if onlys
A trillion I wishes”<\/p>\n
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\nStrength From Loss<\/h2>\n
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\nWords of Sympathy<\/h2>\n
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\nWords of Comfort<\/h2>\n
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\nMoving Forward From Loss<\/h2>\n
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