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Why Is Talking About Miscarriage Still Taboo?

I started to miscarry nine weeks into my pregnancy. After two weeks of bleeding, the baby was gone.

Right from the beginning the pregnancy hadn’t felt right—in my head, at least. I'd been paranoid that something was wrong the whole time, experiencing a rushing feeling between my legs a few times a day. I’d dash to the toilet expecting to see blood and wouldn’t see it, but the fear would remain. It’s something I still can’t explain. Then, one morning, I woke up knowing instinctively that things were fraying, like the aura you get before a migraine. There was a small show of blood when I went to pee and I was starting to get slight cramping pains.

When I first realized I was…

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So your friend decides to forget the “12 week rule” and tells her family and social networks she is pregnant. She knows the stats – one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage – but she wants to have the support of family and friends around her in case she needs it. Then the worst happens: she miscarries. And she discovers many people around her, including health professionals, lack sensitivity when talking about the miscarriage. Some don’t even acknowledge her loss.

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 Women Breaking the Silence on Miscarriages

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Articles of Interest

Solving the Mystery of Miscarriages

Centers help find explanations and treatments when pregnancies repeatedly don’t succeed.

Women pregnant after a loss need better support

In a hospital waiting room, dozens of pregnant women and their families are waiting for their turn to be called. They can’t wait to find out the sex of the baby. They can’t wait for those first ultrasound pictures. But one woman sits in a dark corner with her partner. She isn’t excited at all. The last time she was here was when she found out her baby died. And she’s terrified. Unfortunately, this is a common situation.

Conceiving After Miscarriage: How Long Should You Wait?

For those who lose a pregnancy in the first or second trimester, the question of when to begin trying to conceive again can often be fraught with emotion and uncertainty.

First Comes Miscarriage, Then Comes Marriage, Then Comes Baby

How an unexpected pregnancy transformed my relationship.

Hidden Dangers of Miscarriages Scar Would-Be Moms

Miscarriage, the loss of a pregnancy before 20 weeks, is a common event, occurring in an estimated 15 percent of all pregnancies, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. But it also can be deadly, according to medical experts, and the grief is two-fold, worrying about the loss of an unborn child and the mother. And for those who survive a dangerous miscarriage, there can be untold complications afterward, including infertility.

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Resources

15 Women on Their Miscarriages

According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 15 percent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage — defined as the loss of pregnancy before 20 weeks. Yet, despite this frequency, miscarriages are still rarely discussed outside of fertility clinics and support groups. The Cut spoke to 15 women about their experiences.

Miscarriage Association

Miscarriage can be a very unhappy and frightening and lonely experience. If you have been affected by miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy or molar pregnancy, we hope you will find here the information and support that you need to help you through.

Miscarriage Association of Ireland

If you are using this website it probably means that either you or someone close to you has sadly lost a baby through miscarriage, whether recently or some time ago. All of us at The Miscarriage Association of Ireland have had personal experience of miscarriage and we are here to help and support you when you need us.

Mothers of Unborn Angels

Losing a child is the hardest thing anyone could go through. Although the body heals quickly the heart takes time, love and support. We are here for you.

Still Standing Magazine

A global community of writers breaking the silence of child loss and infertility.

The Miscarriage Clinic UK

Our clinic promotes cutting edge scientific medical approach and alternative therapy. We are dedicated in diagnosing and treating miscarriages and provide you with the chance of having a successful pregnancy outcome.

Hope After Loss

Through peer support, burial assistance, education, and awareness initiatives, we provide connections, comfort, and care to those who have experienced the loss of a baby.

Hope in Miscarriage

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HopeXchange

Shining Light on Pregnancy Loss & Grief.

Unspoken Grief

To build and support a community of individuals and families who have been touched directly or indirectly by miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal loss. Working together to remove the stigma of perinatal grief by sharing our stories and increasing awareness of the lasting effects of perinatal loss.

Huff Post

Multiple articles related to miscarriage.

MayoClinic

Miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before the 20th week. About 10 to 20 percent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage. But the actual number is probably much higher because many miscarriages occur so early in pregnancy that a woman doesn't even know she's pregnant.

MedicineNet

The majority of miscarriages are believed to be caused by genetic problems in the embryo that would prevent a baby from developing normally and surviving. These fatal genetic errors typically are not related to genetic problems in the mother.

MedlinePlus

Other terms for the early loss of pregnancy include: •Complete abortion: All of the products (tissue) of conception leave the body •Incomplete abortion: Only some of the products of conception leave the body •Inevitable abortion: Symptoms cannot be stopped and a miscarriage will happen •Infected (septic) abortion: The lining of the womb (uterus) and any remaining products of conception become infected •Missed abortion: The pregnancy is lost and the products of conception do not leave the body

NHS

There are probably many reasons why a miscarriage may happen although the cause is usually not identified. The majority are not caused by anything that the mother has done.