A woman looks expectantly at an ultrasound screen, but the foetus doesn’t have a heartbeat any more. Mere seconds often lie between joyful anticipation and utter despair when a would-be mum learns that she’s miscarried. “The emotional crash is merciless,” says Christina Diehl, who had six miscarriages over a span of five years. After each of them she wished she had “more space for my grief and my despair.” To illuminate a subject that’s still largely taboo worldwide, Diehl has written a book about her painful experiences. Its German title translates as “Nice Try, Fate: How I Was Able to Fill t…

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