Zoe Clark-Coates remembers the moment a scan showed that her second pregnancy, like her first, had ended. “I’ll never forget the midwife’s face as she looked at the screen. She fell completely silent and I started screaming – a terrible, almost primal reaction over which I had no control. Looking back, I feel sorry for [...]
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Archive | Miscarriage and stillbirth
‘If you miscarry, there’s no way to say goodbye’ | The Guardian
Posted on 14 May 2012.
Posted in Death and Bereavement, Family, Health, IVF and Fertility, Miscarriage and stillbirth, Pregnancy0 Comments
BBC News – Induction cuts risk of babies dying, researchers say
Posted on 11 May 2012.
Babies born after labour is induced have less risk of dying but a higher risk of admission to a special-care unit, a study suggests. The British Medical Journal analysis of 1.2m births in Scotland between 1981 and 2007 also found no increased chance of a Caesarean section – contrary to previous findings. The study looked [...]
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Congo’s maternal mortality rate exacerbated by poverty and ignorance | guardian.co.uk
Posted on 11 May 2012.
Her eyes wide with fear and pain, Théthé – who is haemorrhaging and has a fever – groans and pushes as she lies on a brown vinyl mattress, slick with blood and amniotic fluid, in one of the worst places in the world to be a mother (pdf). After a final push, a nurse holds [...]
Posted in Family, Health, Just Mums, Maternity, Miscarriage and stillbirth, Parents, Pre-eclampsia, Pregnancy, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Premature birth, World News0 Comments
Young mother left in coma for life after hospital blunder saw her given 32 times safe dose of labour-inducing drug | Mail Online
Posted on 03 May 2012.
A young mum suffered catastrophic brain damage putting her in a coma-like-state for life after a hospital blunder saw her given 32 times the normal dose of a labour inducing drug. Nicola Crelling, then 27, was seven months pregnant with her fourth child when medics at West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven, Cumbria, told her the baby [...]
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Bowel condition may increase the risk of miscarriage | Mail Online
Posted on 25 March 2012.
Pregnant women with a common bowel condition may be 20 per cent more likely to miscarry, according to new research. The study is the first to look at the links between irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and miscarriage and suggests that pregnant women with the condition should receive additional antenatal care. The research examined information from [...]
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Hospital ‘sent away woman who lost baby’ – Evening Standard
Posted on 20 March 2012.
A pregnant woman who feared her unborn baby’s heart had stopped was sent away by a London hospital because its scanning room was closed and she could not be tested, it was claimed. Kelly Manning, 27, who had been trying for a baby for nine years and had developed diabetes during pregnancy, went to a [...]
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Baby joy for woman who suffered 14 miscarriages, a stillbirth and the death of her two-week old son | Mail Online
Posted on 06 March 2012.
A mother who suffered 14 miscarriages, a stillbirth and the death of her two-week old son has given birth to a bouncing baby girl. Maria Pridmore, 32, endured the heartbreaking loss of 16 babies over a 13-year period including the stillbirth of daughter Shannon and son Kia, who died when he was just two weeks [...]
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‘High risk’ mother left in agony for 90mins after medics dismiss her failing pregnancy as urine infection | Mail Online
Posted on 06 March 2012.
A mother was left in agonising pain for over 90 minutes when bungling medics dismissed her failing pregnancy as a urine infection. Celinna Carr, 28, begged medics for help when she suffered a ‘ripping sensation’ after she went into labour five weeks early but was repeatedly ignored and was told doctors were ‘too busy’ to [...]
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Woman told she had miscarried when baby was alive – Telegraph
Posted on 29 February 2012.
Holly Lewis, 21, sought medical help at Birmingham Women’s Hospital after suffering stomach pains. Following an emergency scan, she was shocked to be told she had been in the early stages of pregnancy, but had miscarried. Yet days later medics revealed that her baby was still alive during follow-up tests. Miss Lewis, a single mother [...]
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I was terrified of having a miscarriage as an older mum, says Countryfile’s Julia Bradbury – Telegraph
Posted on 21 February 2012.
The 41-year-old Irish-born journalist returns to screens next month after taking a break for the birth of her first child, a son named Zephyr, with her property developer partner Gerard Cunningham. Bradbury disclosed that her pregnancy took her by surprise, having suffered from endometriosis and being told it would be almost impossible for her to [...]
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Costa Concordia: Italian woman sues over miscarriage after cruise ship disaster – Telegraph
Posted on 05 February 2012.
The 30-year-old, from Milan, was five months pregnant when she boarded the luxury liner on Jan 13 for a week-long cruise of the Mediterranean. She and her husband were forced to make a hazardous night-time evacuation of the ship when it grounded off the Tuscan island of Giglio after a collision with a rocky islet [...]
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The child I lost | The Observer
Posted on 25 January 2012.
I became an adult at the age of 38 when I held my dead daughter in my arms. Until that moment my husband and I had led a breezy sort of life, taking nothing terribly seriously. We moved to New York, had two children in swift succession and raised them in a loving if chaotic household [...]
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Video BBC News – New Milton Keynes Hospital suite helps bereaved parents
Posted on 23 January 2012.
A bereavement suite has opened at Milton Keynes Hospital to support parents who have stillborn babies. Father-of-three father Simon Gill began fund-raising for the new unit after he and his wife, Jenny, lost their baby girl Olivia, stillborn at 25 weeks. via BBC News – New Milton Keynes Hospital suite helps bereaved parents. » Inline [...]
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1,200 still births a year ‘could be avoided’ – The Independent
Posted on 18 January 2012.
Urgent action is needed to tackle Britain’s high rate of stillbirths and deaths in the first few weeks of life, a new report warns. The number of stillbirths in the UK is “shocking” and up to 1,200 could be avoided every year, the charity Sands said. Seventeen babies are stillborn or die shortly after birth [...]
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The 12 mums who have bared their bumps – after the death of a baby | Mail Online
Posted on 16 January 2012.
When Sophia Mason lost her baby daughter due to a tragic stillbirth, she knew she wanted to do something to help other mums avoid such a tragedy. She and twelve brave friends have all bared their bumps for a poignant calendar to emphasise the important of feeling your unborn baby kicking. Their campaign called ‘Count [...]
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Restricted embryo growth in early pregnancy could predict risk of miscarriage | Mail Online
Posted on 09 January 2012.
Scientists have found a link between miscarriages and the growth of an embryo in the early stages of pregnancy which could lead to ways of preventing such tragedies. Researchers discovered that nearly 80 per cent of single-baby pregnancies which ended in miscarriage involved foetuses with restricted growth in the first trimester. Now they hope this [...]
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BBC News – Restricted embryo growth ‘predicts miscarriage risk’
Posted on 07 January 2012.
The growth of an embryo during the early stages of pregnancy is linked to its risk of miscarriage, says a University of Nottingham study. Scientists found that 78% of single-baby pregnancies which ended in miscarriage were in the smallest 5% of embryos. Researchers measured the length of more than 500 single and twin embryos during [...]
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Kelly Brook says miscarriage strengthened relationship | Showbiz
Posted on 05 January 2012.
Kelly Brook says losing her unborn baby strengthened her relationship with boyfriend Thom Evans. The model-and-actress tragically lost her baby girl five months into her pregnancy last year and while she and the former rugby player hadn’t been together for very long, she knows she wouldn’t have been able to get through the ordeal without [...]
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Nurse Terrai Mutasa, who laughed as woman gave birth to stillborn child, is sacked | Mail Online
Posted on 04 January 2012.
A midwife who treated a woman with ‘contempt’ as she gave birth to a stillborn baby has been sacked from the troubled health trust where she worked. Terrai Mutasa laughed at Allyson Childs for requesting painkillers amid the trauma of her labour and while doctors fought in vain to resuscitate 9lb 10oz Layla-Grace, who had [...]
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Midwife simply laughed at my torment over stillborn baby | Evening Standard
Posted on 03 January 2012.
A midwife has been sacked after making sarcastic comments to a mother over her stillborn baby. Terrai Mutasa, 45, subjected Allyson Childs to “sarcastic” and “belittling” remarks at the troubled maternity unit in Queen’s Hospital, Romford. Doctors fought in vain for more than 20 minutes to resuscitate 9lb 10oz Layla-Grace after she was born with [...]
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My upside-down baby: Mother spends ten weeks, 24 hours a day, in a tilted bed to avoid miscarriage
Posted on 23 December 2011.
After suffering two miscarriages Donna Kelly was desperately worried that her next pregnancy would end the same way.
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Donna Kelly ‘puts feet up’ to have baby after miscarriages
Posted on 23 December 2011.
A mother who had two miscarriages has celebrated the birth of a daughter – after following medical advice to put her feet up.
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Woman who gave birth to ‘miracle baby’ after eight miscarriages dies after collapsing at Christmas service
Posted on 19 December 2011.
A mother who suffered eight miscarriages before giving birth to a ‘miracle’ baby boy has died after collapsing at a Christmas church service.
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Mothercare bounces on talk of bid from Cinven
Posted on 13 December 2011.
Investors in Mothercare got an early Christmas present today after talk of a potential private-equity bid sent shares in the maternity retailer soaring by 8%.
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It’s a girl! After four boys and TEN miscarriages mother finally gives birth to the daughter she always longed for
Posted on 12 December 2011.
This is the mother who has fallen pregnant fifteen times to finally hold the daughter she has always longed for.
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BBC News – Australia inquiry after wrong twin foetus terminated
Posted on 25 November 2011.
An Australian hospital has launched an inquiry after staff treating a woman carrying twin boys accidentally terminated the wrong foetus. Doctors had told the woman that one of her babies had a congenital heart defect that would require numerous operations, if he survived. The woman chose to abort the 32-week foetus but staff injected the [...]
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Improve miscarriage guidelines to prevent misdiagnosis
Posted on 16 October 2011.
A number of miscarriages may be being misdiagnosed, resulting in the termination of otherwise viable pregnancies.
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Some miscarriage tests ‘unreliable’
Posted on 15 October 2011.
Hundreds of viable wanted pregnancies are being lost to British women each year because of unreliable miscarriage tests, new research suggests.
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Miscarriage terminations: Doctors question diagnoses
Posted on 15 October 2011.
Some pregnancies are being terminated unnecessarily after an incorrect diagnosis of miscarriage, say doctors.
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Healthy babies lost to ‘false miscarriages’
Posted on 14 October 2011.
Four hundred women may be ending healthy pregnancies unnecessarily each year after being told wrongly that they have miscarried.
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Doctors told me I had miscarried – now I fear womb-clearing drugs may have damaged my baby
Posted on 11 October 2011.
A mother-to-be fears for her baby after medics told her she had miscarried and gave her drugs to flush out her womb – only to find out the next day she was still pregnant.
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Women criticise miscarriage care
Posted on 11 October 2011.
Women are unhappy with the NHS care they receive after miscarriage, two surveys have shown.
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Failings ‘add to miscarriage pain’
Posted on 10 October 2011.
Women are experiencing unnecessary heartbreak as they miscarry due to poor NHS services, two new surveys suggest.
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Thousands of women who lose babies put in wards with new mothers
Posted on 10 October 2011.
Thousands of women suffering a miscarriage are treated alongside pregnant women or new mothers in hospital, a survey has revealed.
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Is an obsession with natural birth putting mothers and babies in danger?
Posted on 05 October 2011.
There is no doubt that for most women in this country, childbirth remains a safe and happy experience. But it is also true that for too many, it is a highly risky and frankly horrific experience.
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Being just slightly too heavy ‘cuts IVF hopes’
Posted on 04 October 2011.
Women who are overweight – even by just a few pounds – are less likely to have a baby through IVF, experts warn.
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North Wales child ‘health inequalities’ worry – report
Posted on 03 October 2011.
The contrast between the health of babies born in poor and more affluent areas of north Wales has been branded as “unacceptable” by a public health chief.
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Inquiry into eighth death at baby unit as child dies ‘after midwives refused mother a C-section’
Posted on 02 October 2011.
An eight death is being investigated at a controversial maternity unit where two mothers and five babies have already died.
Posted in Caesarean section, Family, Family matters, Just Mums, Maternity, Miscarriage and stillbirth, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off
‘I thought Jade was sending me a little girl from Heaven’
Posted on 26 September 2011.
Jackiey Budden loses baby daughter at age of 55
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Parents who lose a baby can die of a broken heart
Posted on 11 September 2011.
Parents who lose a new baby run a high risk themselves of dying prematurely, according to a British study published on Thursday.
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Our two dads: Boyfriend and ex-husband move in together to raise tragic heart attack mother’s young children
Posted on 10 September 2011.
Two fathers united in grief after losing the woman they loved are now living together to bring up her children.
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Parents who lose a baby in its first year are more likely to die early ‘from broken heart’
Posted on 09 September 2011.
Parents who lose a baby during its first year of life are much more likely to die early, new research suggests.
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Pregnant Amanda Holden left ‘shaken’ after car accident but she and unborn baby are ‘fine’
Posted on 08 September 2011.
Two weeks after announcing that she is pregnant again, Amanda Holden was taken to hospital yesterday following a road crash.
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Ibuprofen ‘doubles the risk of having miscarriage’
Posted on 07 September 2011.
Women were today warned against taking the painkiller ibuprofen during early pregnancy after scientists found it can more than double the risk of miscarriage.
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Ibuprofen warning to pregnant women
Posted on 07 September 2011.
New research shows that taking certain painkillers in first 20 weeks increases risk of miscarriage by 2.4 times
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Be brave Amanda, holding that baby in your arms will be worth all the terror
Posted on 02 September 2011.
From a mother who endured the agony of stillbirth, a heart-wrenching but inspiring account of trying again
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Experience: My baby was stillborn
Posted on 27 August 2011.
‘Our daughter weighed 4lb 9oz with blue eyes and lots of black wavy hair. She was beautiful. I could not wait to hold her.’
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Amanda Holden pregnant with second child
Posted on 26 August 2011.
Amanda Holden is expecting her second child.
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Mother handed remains of stillborn baby in envelope
Posted on 20 August 2011.
A grieving mother who wanted to bury her stillborn baby was horrified when hospital staff handed her an envelope containing his dissected remains.
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Mother told she had miscarried and offered pills to bring on labour told she is still pregnant
Posted on 16 August 2011.
A mother left grieving after doctors told her she had miscarriage, found out she was still pregnant two weeks later.
Posted in Babies, Family Health, Health, Just Mums, Miscarriage and stillbirth, Pregnancy and ChildbirthComments Off
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