What to Say After a Miscarriage

Showing someone you care after a miscarriage is similar to how you would comfort grieving parents of children who survived birth. Keep in mind that everyone grieves differently, so be careful not to judge your loved one based on how you think you would react to the loss. Most importantly, be kind, patient, and thoughtful.

Words of Sympathy for the Loss of an Unborn Child

Whether the loss was under 20 weeks or beyond, here are some compassionate quotes for the loss of a baby that can guide your own response:

• When you carry a life and it's there, and then gone, a part of your soul dies. Forever. – Casey Wiegano
• Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart. – A. A. Milne
• Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy. – Inuit Proverb
• How very quietly you tiptoed into our world, silently, only a moment you stayed. But what an imprint your footprints have left upon our hearts. – Dorothy Ferguson
• Grief is the price we pay for love. – Queen Elizabeth II
• If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever. – David Ellsworth
• There’s a unique pain that comes from preparing a place in your heart for a child that never comes. – David Platt
• A mother is never defined by the number of children you can see, but by the love that she holds in her heart. – Franchesca Cox
• Losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable grief, experienced by many but talked about by few. – Meghan Markle
• You never arrived in my arms, but you will never leave my heart. – Zoe Clark-Coates