"We just wanted to provide that soft barrier, but still be able to hold and feel all the creases of your baby," said board member Vanessa Braun.

In the span of a week, an Alberta couple welcomed a baby boy and girl they're calling their "moon twins," — one born via surrogacy and the other from the mother herself.

A support person is allowed to be present for the birth of a child, but a Saskatoon woman says she couldn't have her husband by her side while she was losing one.

One woman called it "an awful thing for women to go through in silence."

"I think we hear about miscarriage and we kind of know what it means, but we don't necessarily know what it means for the particular person."

The GTA mother of two is searching desperately for a nurse in British Columbia who cared for her during her darkest days.

The woman says she intended to fill a prescription to accelerate the miscarriage and avoid infection, but says the pharmacist refused to provide the medication.

Calgary Conservative MP Tom Kmiec thanked fellow parliamentarians for their support as his family grieved the loss of their six-week-old daughter in August.

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month and yet many women say miscarriage is still only talked about in hushed tones.

Common NSAIDs like ibuprofen have been linked to a higher risk of miscarriage during the first 8 weeks of pregnancy.