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 Weeks ago, I started a post.  I did not publish it. Then I started again. Never hit publish I thought about what I wanted to say.   And didn't write anything down. In each of these instances, I ended up in tears.  Finally, I spoke with my husband and my friends about what had been bothering me.  Chrissy Teigan had recently announced that her son had been stillborn. This is devastating. I was so sad for her and her family. I was also jealous. She held her baby, for however short of a time it was.  But she got the privilege of holding him. I was not so lucky. 24 years ago, I was dating a great guy and had discovered that I was pregnant. We were excited and began making plans for our future.  Sometime later, I was bleeding.  Doctors discovered there was no longer a baby. It was early enough in the pregnancy that this could happen.  I was young.  There would be more.  I wanted that one, though. My first baby.  The loss hurt. ...