The euphoria of finding out that you're expecting can quickly turn to despair when an expectant mother loses a baby to miscarriage.
Some women who have suffered miscarriages are turning to tattoo artists to help ease some of the emotional pain of losing a child.
Joan Bremer was almost seven weeks along when she had a miscarriage.
While she recovered, Bremer searched for a design that would help her mark her grief. She decided on a line connecting two hearts and had the ink done a few days after she lost the baby.
She told "The Today Show" that she will add a rainbow tattoo if she carries a baby to term. The term "rainbow babies" reffers to babies who are conceived after a loss. If she has another miscarriage, she plans to add a second heart, 'Today' reported.
Women have shared their miscarriage tattoos on Pinterest and other social media platforms.
White dove tattoo to honor my miscarriage. Think it will hold up? #miscarriage pic.twitter.com/7oLVRIs6HX
— cporoski (@cporoski) March 26, 2013
New tattoo #tattoo #miscarriage #lovemybabies #toperfectforthisworld pic.twitter.com/Qss0gx5vli
— Michelle Z Soward (@mic_sow) March 5, 2014
Got a memorial tattoo while in Vegas last weekend #PregnancyLoss #miscarriage pic.twitter.com/y8HQ4cwV9T
— Rebecca (@NerdAmour) February 26, 2015
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