Popsugar Family Parenting What Not to Say to Someone After a Miscarriage Women Reveal the Things People Said to Them After Miscarrying, and It's Heartbreaking June 7, 2018 by Perri Konecky First Published: August 31, 2017 View On One Page Photo 2 of 9 ADVERTISEMENT () Start Slideshow “I used to hear ‘it wasn’t meant to be’ a lot. A good friend told me that it was because ‘maybe I couldn’t carry girls’… A lot of people would tell me that it will happen, eventually. I would also get a lot of people analyzing what could have caused it… Asking questions like, ‘have you taken any medicine’, etc. I would also hear ‘why do you need another one? You already have a child.’” Between the birth of her son in 2010 and her daughter in 2013, Jemma experienced three miscarriages. As part of our #SimplySay campaign, she writes about the unhelpful things that others said and her ongoing grief for her babies (link in profile today). #SimplySay #recurrentmiscarriage #talkingaboutmiscarriage #miscarriageassociation #miscarriage #pregnancyloss #recurrentpregnancylosss #miscarriageawareness #pregnancylossawareness #pregnancyafterloss A post shared by The Miscarriage Association (@miscarriageassociation) on Aug 30, 2017 at 2:26am PDT Share This Link Copy ← Use Arrow Keys → 2 Previous Next Start Slideshow ParentingFamily Self-CarePregnancy LossParenting News