"We need to speak to make sense of our lives, our experience. And sometimes we need to say the unspeakable - to break the power of feeling hurt and lost and a failure - so that we can go on.

Everyone who has experienced miscarriage directly or at close quarters knows that the loss of the hope embodied in a child is a bereavement. And loss takes time to come to terms with.

That's why The Miscarriage Association means a lot to so many of us."

"As someone who has had personal experience of the distress and pain of miscarriage, I know only too well how vital it was each time to feel supported and cared for and to have someone who could answer my questions.

"The Miscarriage Association provides that kind of lifeline to many thousands of women each year - and to their partners, family and friends. They offer understanding and comfort during the bad times and support and encouragement in the next pregnancy when anxiety can be so high."

"My wife Amanda and I have endured the devastation of miscarriage on four occasions. It is not something you ever recover from emotionally and the support of The Miscarriage Association has helped us both tremendously."