Stories about workplace
Ellie’s story
Ellie shares her story of a missed miscarriage and how it helped to talk about her feelings.
Vicky’s story – miscarriage and the workplace
Vicky shares her thoughts about how important it is for workplaces to support staff affected by pregnancy loss, reflecting on her own experience of a missed miscarriage.
Amy’s story
Amy shares her experience of miscarriage, returning to work, and how the grief still catches her off guard 5 years later.
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.
Nicola’s story
Nicola found that being open with work colleagues and friends about her losses meant that people started to open up in return. She reminds us too that not everyone wants to do so.
Sarah’s story
Sarah experienced recurrent losses in two different workplaces, and found much more support and understanding in the second of the two.
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.
Sally’s story
When Sally needed time off work for treatment and monitoring of her ectopic pregnancy, she was put under pressure to return to work.
Returning to Work After My Late Miscarriage
Zainab’s manager and colleagues were supportive when she returned to work after her late loss, but she still found it very difficult to be back at work.