The unspoken trauma of motherhood Gender Just now

Healing journey Consultant Medical Psychologist and Head of Counselling and Clinical Psychology at Aga Khan University, Dr Mohamoud Merali, says pregnancy loss is unlike many other forms of bereavement because it combines physical trauma, emotional pain and, in many cases, pressure from family, culture and society.

Questions about whether there is a history of pregnancy loss in a woman's family or suggestions that she is somehow responsible only compound an already painful experience, he says.

Those conversations inspired her book, 'Grace in the Waiting', which chronicles her journey and offers encouragement to parents navigating infertility, pregnancy loss and grief.