The nursery is assembled. The baby shower already happened. And everywhere you look, there are other babies. Late stillbirth is not only grief. It is trauma held in the body, and it can be healed.

You were told it was common, that you can try again. None of those words touched what actually happened inside you. Miscarriage, infertility, and pregnancy loss are not only sad events to move past. They can be real trauma, held in the body. Here is what reproductive trauma is and how it heals.