There are lots of things no one tells you about miscarriages, one of them is that they may last and last — just as having a baby takes hours and sometimes days, losing a baby does, too.

My baby had become part of me, and so did the experience of its death. I am absolutely devastated and feel completely empty inside. These past few days have been a blur of deep sadness like I’ve never experienced before. The hardest part is not knowing why...