I’m so proud of my friend, Cassandra Blomberg, for being brave enough to share her personal story of loss and to help break the silence surrounding miscarriage and stillbirth. Similar to the way I lost Lucy, Cassandra lost her daughter, Violet, to anti-c antibodies in her first sensitized pregnancy. She and I had miscarriages around the same time after we lost our daughters. We also both had our rainbow babies around the same time and they survived because of the same treatments (plasmapheresis and IVIG.) Cassandra was the only person I knew of who ever tried to have a second baby using plasmapheresis and IVIG. Her healthy baby Beckett inspired us and gave us the courage to try for our baby Callum (thank you Beckett!)  Our society desperately needs to change how we view and talk about miscarriage and stillbirth. Here is Cassandra’s Tedx Talk “Silently Suffering After Pregnancy Loss”: