The situation becomes even more difficult with partners, husbands and wives. Partners of women who go through miscarriage may share their grief just as acutely. And yet, being one step removed from the experience, they may find the loss harder to open up about.

This is especially true of men, who have traditionally been taught to bottle up their emotions.

“Men in particular don’t appear to know what to say or at least don’t generally share their experiences in public spaces,” says journalist Keyan Milanian, who suffered five miscarriages with his wife Amy Swales.

“We are also battered by the waves of emotion that come with loss, but we are meant to be the rock, steadfast and unflinching too – the strong silent type […] There’s even still a lingering idea that men just don’t feel it, that they just aren’t affected by it.”

James Van Der Beek shows why it’s so important for men to talk openly about the pain of miscarriage