“When you lose a limb, it's visible. How might it look when you have lost part of the inside of yourself?” —Courageous Fire

“We appreciated most when people just 'did' because people would say 'well let us know if you need anything'… I had no idea what I need right now because I can't even process what I'm feeling.”

“Whatever realness of what women and couples mourn by medical or cultural standards, this doesn't really matter when it comes to the realness of a relationship with [their] baby and the heartbreak of it not manifesting.” —Julia Bueno in The Brink of Being: Talking about miscarriage .