'I'm so sorry, but your baby has no heartbeat'

It's a devastating experience shared by millions of women, yet miscarriage is still rarely discussed.

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Sydney woman Linda Anderson shares her story of losing an unborn child and the feelings of isolation, loneliness and grief that followed:

"My husband and I had been married for just over a year when we decided to try for a baby, and it took us about four months to fall pregnant.

"We told the whole world because we were so excited, and I didn't even stop to think there would be a reason why I wouldn’t tell everybody.

"I didn't have an early scan. Some women have scans around six or eight weeks but I didn't have one of those because I didn't think I’d need one."

WATCH LINDA'S FULL STORY IN THE VIDEO PLAYER ABOVE

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