Is that 1 in 4 after you actually find out you're pregnant? Because I'm sure I read somewhere that many people get pregnant but the embryo doesn't take for whatever reason and it just passes out naturally - I don't know if that's counted as an actual miscarriage.

I always remember my aunt losing her baby, it was very late into the pregnancy and there were complications etc. They had named her and everything, and they had to have a funeral with a little white coffin. Awful. What made it even worse is that it all happened on my birthday and I felt weirdly responsible or something.

I definitely think the father can be left out in the cold in these cases though - and like people have said, is expected to be strong and not seem selfish by also asking for support. They have lost a baby too after all.