Measured and Perfect: A Miscarriage

Lauren Amalia Redding
8 min readJun 12, 2022

I just experienced the thrill of pregnancy — and loss of miscarriage — for the first time. Inspired by the women for whom it’s devastatingly common, as well as the stigmas and heartbreak which urge us to stay silent, I’m sharing my story here.

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My miscarriage was quiet, and private, and soft.

It didn’t hurt. I didn’t feel anything.

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