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Families grieving a pregnancy loss hit especially hard by medical bills: ‘I wasn’t prepared at all’

Losing a baby can be expensive as giving birth to one, and is a financial burden emotionally tapped-out families are unprepared to handle.

Alex and Jodi Laughlin with their 10-month-old daughter Lily in their Riverton, NJ home. Alex is holding medical bills from the birth of their first daughter Noelle who lived just 32 minutes after a pre-term emergency C-section due to health complications.
Alex and Jodi Laughlin with their 10-month-old daughter Lily in their Riverton, NJ home. Alex is holding medical bills from the birth of their first daughter Noelle who lived just 32 minutes after a pre-term emergency C-section due to health complications.Read moreELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Staff Photographer