After just eleven weeks, however, the happiness turned to grief. Andrea miscarried.

This is how Andrea described the feeling on Facebook page Love What Matters:

“I was an absolute wreck. I didn’t know what to do, who to talk to, what was appropriate to discuss, or who could help me. Little did I know that 1 in 4 women suffer the same and people just don’t talk about it. I didn’t know if I could ever deal with being pregnant again.”

After a while, Andrea’s anxiety was lessened with the help of her supportive husband. Thankfully, she fell pregnant again.

This time around, she promised she would do everything in her power to help her baby grow healthily. She gave up a number of foods, including cold-cut meats, sushi and certain cheeses. She also took to devouring books on pregnancy – this time, she determined, everything would be OK.

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