Taboo Tuesdays: Ever had a miscarriage?

When the stick FINALLY grew a second line for me, several years ago, I was understandably joyous.

And I told everyone. I mean everyone.

So when I woke up bleeding in terrible pain just a few weeks later, I wasn't just heartbroken. I was devastated at the prospect of having to "untell" everyone.

But something happened during this unhappy ritual, by revealing my miscarriage, I got to learn that my grandmother had had one, so had my aunt. A good friend lost two late term. Another friend had given birth to a stillborn baby. These were stories I had never heard before. A sisterhood that I did not know existed. But once I joined it, I learned just how many of us there are. How many stories we have to share. How heartbreaking our collective misery.

Miscarriages should NOT be taboo. We need to talk about them. We need to say that THIS happens. More than you think. 

Why do you think this happens? Why do we not share our stories?