This week two high-profile Irish women spoke of their miscarriages on the same day as they announced their pregnancies. Two women, one an entrepreneur, the other a broadcaster, reached into the hearts of families all over the country and touched a nerve. At a time when we begin most conversations with a silent scan of the other person's overall health, checking them for signs of a virus we cannot touch, we find ourselves too afraid to speak of the deep grief of losing a baby. Because we don't know how to.

Source: Irish Examiner June 01, 2021 18:11 UTC