Here's why people don't like April Fool's Day pregnancy announcements
. The definition for a stillbirth is an infant who dies after 20 weeks, or nearly five months — a point at which many people tell friends and family they're expecting a baby, which can make the trauma of loss more difficult.
"They had their nursery set up. They had a baby shower already," Queen's University obstetrics and gynecology professor Dr. Ashley Waddington in 2016."They knew when the due date was. It's almost like mourning the loss of a child or grandchild."— Caroline Reilly Of course, people who post joking pregnancy announcements on April Fool's probably aren't thinking about all this, and it's unlikely they're trying to hurt anyone. But infertility and miscarriage are so common that it's likely everyone knows someone who's suffered, whether they've told you about it or not.
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