Josh Duggar

The thin pink line may appear when a woman pees on the stick, but a positive test doesn't promise a baby. According to WebMD, about one in four pregnancies (25%) end in miscarriage.

In just the last month, three well-known couples — Pink and Carey Hart, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon, and Josh and Anna Duggar — have announced an impending pregnancy and a previous miscarriage. Sixty-one percent of moms said they are comforted knowing they aren't the only ones who have lost a pregnancy. Do you think discussing the loss openly is unique to our generation?

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Is Our Generation More Apt to Talk About Miscarriage?

Yes — Miscarriage isn't a taboo topic anymore.

No — I don't think we are more open than other generations.

Sometimes the great expectations of a pregnancy aren't realized. Though Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar may seem to have found the fountain of fertility as evidenced by their 19 children, the parents lost a pregnancy (years ago) after having their firstborn. Sadly, Josh Duggar and his wife, Anna, also suffered a miscarriage a few months back. In sharing the happy news of their current pregnancy with a second child, the couple shared their experience. One report said:

"I was very sad," Anna says. "Josh was a big encouragement to me. It helped us go through the heartbreak to learn that 30 or 40 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage. That was comforting in some ways."

Does knowing that miscarriage isn't uncommon comfort you as well?

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The Duggars Discuss Miscarriage; Is That Comforting?

Yes — It helps to know I'm not the only one.

No — Knowing miscarriage is common doesn't comfort me.