Pregnancy Without Birth

When pregnancy ends unexpectedly without the birth of a living child, we are forced to reckon with the damaging effects of normative discourses of pregnancy governed by birth as its "proper?, "natural? and "normal? endpoint. Putting miscarriage experiences front and centre when these narratives are so often marginalized, misunderstood and silenced, can illuminate important aspects of pregnancy that exceed its childbearing function. By taking up themes that are commonly explored in personal experiences of miscarriage?feelings of failure, of guilt and powerlessness, of uncertainty and loss -as catalysts for a serious philosophical and political rethink of pregnancy.