Meaghan Rath Instagram – I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but I think it would have helped me. So. I had a very early miscarriage. While I sit here trying to sort through and process my own grief, I can’t help but think about all the women (and their partners) who have gone through this very thing. The cocktail of emotions continues to intoxicate me- I’m grateful for my body knowing what to do, I’m devastated to say goodbye to something I already loved. I focus on how lucky I am to have all the happiness I do in my life, but then I remember. What’s brought me a lot of peace is finding that the more I talk about it, the more these same experiences are echoed back to me. Every single person I share this with has a story of it either happening to them, or to someone they are close to. Pregnancy loss is so much more common than I ever realized. Why don’t we know this? Wouldn’t it be easier to know that miscarriages are so common they are almost part of the process of trying to conceive? I can’t write this without acknowledging how gobsmacked and inspired I was by @chrissyteigen ‘s bravery when she shared her miscarriage with the world in such a raw and honest way, a way we so rarely see. I am in awe of that kind of openness. So in the interest of normalizing this very difficult thing, I’d like to let you know you that are very much not alone. Though my loss was so early and considered a chemical pregnancy, I’m overwhelmed by the amount of heartbreak I feel. I just want to take a moment and send out so much love and compassion to anyone who is going through this – or has, or will. As I struggle to heal after only a few weeks, I can’t even imagine what it must feel like to miscarry at a later stage, to experience a stillbirth, to lose a grown child. Sending so much peace to anyone who is in pain, no matter what the stage.