Stories about others’ reactions
Jessica’s story: miscarriage and cultural taboo
Jessica shares her experience of miscarriage, her thoughts on how her culture sees pregnancy loss as a taboo and ways that helped her to grieve and feel less alone.
Scott’s story
Scott shares his experience of miscarriage, pregnancy after loss and how important it is for partners to be able to find support.
Talking about miscarriage in the workplace
Leanne and Mark talk about how they’ve spoken out about pregnancy loss in their workplace following their experience of miscarriage.
Mark’s experience of miscarriage
Mark and Leanne experienced two miscarriages. Here Mark talks about how he supported Leanne, his own grief and talking to friends.
Jade’s story
Jade shares her experience of miscarriage at 11 weeks, including the physical loss and how her friends and family offered their support.
Nicola’s story – recurrent miscarriage
Nicola shares her story of recurrent miscarriage. She talks about the grief she feels and other people’s reactions.
Miscarriage in a pandemic
Katrina writes about her experience of having a miscarriage during the coronavirus pandemic and her feelings afterwards.
Anjali’s story
Anjali shares her story of recurrent miscarriage and fertility treatment. She talks about her experience as a British born Indian woman and the difficulties she and her husband faced in talking to their family amidst a cultural fear of how others might judge them.
Donna’s story
Donna’s manager was supportive when she experienced miscarriage, but she wishes he had advised her colleagues to behave in the same way.