The latest news from the Miscarriage Association
15th April 2024
Our new monthly ‘Professional Pause’ sessions provide a safe space for all healthcare professionals working in early pregnancy. It’s an opportunity to discuss and reflect on challenging aspects of work – an open forum to discuss difficult situations or cases, enable people to share experiences, and offer each other support. The sessions will be facilitated […]
4th April 2024
The Miscarriage Association is pleased to welcome Vicki Robinson as our new Chief Executive Officer. Vicki has taken up this new role following four successful years working as our Deputy Director. She will be responsible for leading the M.A. as it starts a new chapter in its 40-year history. Prior to joining the M.A. in […]
14th December 2023
We know that facing the festive season can sometimes be really difficult for those who have been through pregnancy loss. Many of you will be thinking about your lost babies and what might have been. We want you to know that it’s okay to feel whatever you’re feeling and to do whatever you need. Take […]
22nd November 2023
This time last week, three of the M.A. team were setting off for the annual conference of the Association of Early Pregnancy Units. With close to 400 delegates, speakers and contributors, it was a packed and powerful event. There were lectures, posters, discussions and workshops on research and on clinical care, on treatment and on […]
8th February 2023
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) is updating its clinical guidelines on Recurrent Miscarriage, which they plan to publish in the next couple of months. They have also drafted a patient information leaflet to go with it and they really want comments on it from people in the UK who have been affected […]
6th January 2023
The experience of second trimester loss, miscarriage after 13 weeks of pregnancy, can come as a huge shock. The care, information and support that women and their partners receive during this time is crucial in helping them through these most difficult of times, so we’re pleased to be able to launch a new set of […]
8th December 2022
We know that facing the festive season can sometimes be a struggle for those who have been through pregnancy loss. At a time when children are often at the forefront of everyone’s minds, many of you will be thinking about your lost babies and what might have been. You might already be thinking about ways […]
24th November 2021
NICE has today published updated important guidance on the diagnosis and initial management of ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage[1]. Based on a systematic review of research studies[2], including the PRISM trial, it includes new recommendations on the use of progesterone for women[3] who have vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy and have had one or more previous […]
9th October 2021
Today marks the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week, a special annual event to mark the lives of babies lost in pregnancy or during or soon after birth and to raise public awareness of pregnancy and baby loss. Wellbeing The Miscarriage Association is joining with over 100 other charities or groups from around the UK […]