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Pregnancy Loss Online Support

2009-09-22T12:13:00.002-04:00

In 1988, then president, Ronald Regan proclaimed October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.

Pregnancy Loss Information Resources - Baby Loss Comfort was created to help provide real physical support as well as emotional comfort and resource information for women who have experienced baby loss from miscarriage to stillbirth. Resource list.

Online Support Groups - The Miscarriage Association, A Place To Remember , Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death , Healing Hearts for Bereaved Parents , NeoFight , The Angel Teddy Bear Foundation , Share Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support, Inc.,Honored Babies and more!

When a Baby has Died - An online community of support - resource list.

Pregnancy Loss Support Groups - Angels Among Us, Bears For Bereaved Mommies, Friends and Angels, Minutes of Gold, Perinatal Bereavement Groups, Silent Grief, Still a Mommy, Wisconsin Perinatal Bereavement Program Registry and more!

Stories of Pregnancy & Birth over 44y
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Does pregnancy loss need to be talked about more?

2009-09-13T09:00:00.003-04:00

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My first pregnancy ended in miscarriage somewhere around the 12th week. I learned the news when I went in for an ultrasound.

Because of some health risks -- and the fact that my Mom had twins (stillborn at seven months) -- I was in line for a lot of ultrasounds. The first showed one baby, and everything fine.

Four weeks later, I went for another, telling my husband (who had a busy day at work that day) that he didn't need to come with me.

Read more: http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_momsatwork/2009/09/miscarriage-does-pregnancy-loss-need-to-be-talked-about-more.html

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Couple's wish for child comes true

2009-09-11T09:00:00.002-04:00

Araceli Hooker lay on a rented hospital bed - feet up and head down - in the middle of her living room and prayed for a miracle.

Her miracle's name was to be Kaylyn Hope Hooker.

Every day that Araceli's ailing cervix held the forming infant inside her body was one day closer to granting Araceli's constant prayer - Kaylyn would stay alive long enough to be born.

The Corona residents, Araceli and Robert Hooker, had been trying to have a child since they married 10 years ago. Five times, Araceli had conceived, and five times she lost the baby within the first trimester.

Read more: http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_13284173

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Revealing the raw heartache of miscarriage

2009-09-09T09:00:00.000-04:00

It’s estimated that one in five families experiences the pain of miscarriage. WNBC traffic reporter Megan Meany — who is a part of that statistic — shares her personal story here as a way to encourage other women to speak up and seek support for their loss.

I had my first miscarriage four years ago. We were trying for our first child. I got pregnant easily and then — wham! — at about six weeks I started bleeding. What a shock that was. I come from a long line of fertile women. I had always loved kids and motherhood was a no-brainer for me. I thought, when I want to have a baby, I’ll have one!

Hygeia Foundation - they offer support groups for women who are suffering a perinatal loss.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32659135/ns/today-today_health/

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The greatest loss

2009-09-07T09:00:00.004-04:00

The emotional effects of a miscarriage can be long-lasting. Caroline Sylger Jones on the anxiety, guilt, isolation and depression that many women experience.

Miscarriage occurs in one in four pregnancies, but its commonality offers little comfort to the women who experience it. It’s a loss that’s hard to describe and often difficult to come to terms with.

Tommy’s - A charity that funds scientific research, providing information on the causes and prevention of miscarriage (www.tommys.org).

Mums - Abu Dhabi Mums (www.abudhabimums.ae) and Dubai Mums Club (www.dubaimumsclub.com) are useful support networks.

The Miscarriage Association - The UK-based group offers advice to women from all over the globe and translates its leaflets into different languages (+ 44 1924 200799, www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk).

Read more: http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090907/ART/709069972/1085/LIFE

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Memorial walk planned for miscarried, still-born babies

2009-09-04T09:00:00.003-04:00

A Christian organization that offers support to people who lose a pregnancy to miscarriage or other medical problems is planning a memorial walk in Clackamas in October.

The one-mile "Walk to Remember," sponsored by A Butterfly's Touch, is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10, at Clackamas' Valley View Church. After the walk, people can make a scrapbook page to honor their children or attend a memorial ceremony scheduled for 11:00 am. For more information, call Kathryn Wheat at (503) 922-1048 or go to the Web site of A Butterfly's Touch.

Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2009/08/memorial_walk_planned_for_misc.html

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Recurrent miscarriage

2009-09-02T09:00:00.003-04:00

When you have been trying to conceive for one month, one year or several years, the most joyous and happy moment that you can feel is when you see a positive home pregnancy test after missing a period. But the excitement and elation can quickly be erased by the negative news received by a doctor either over the phone or at the office, informing you that you have miscarried. A pregnancy loss or miscarriage is very heart-breaking, frustrating and devastating for any woman to go through once, let alone multiple times.

Read more: http://www.examiner.com/x-19772-NY-Pregnancy-Examiner~y2009m8d29-Recurrent-miscarriage

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Young women find support through Early Infant Loss group

2009-08-31T09:00:00.000-04:00

Kay Asher knows all too well what it's like to lose a baby. When she was 25 years old she had a stillbirth. About four years later she had a miscarriage. Not only that, but her daughter has had four miscarriages and her daughter-in-law, two. "At that time there was really no support other than the immediate family," Asher said. "And they didn't know what to say."

Seeing a need to provide support to women who have gone through similar experiences, Asher, a licensed clinical social worker, started the Early Infant Loss group, a support group for women who have had a miscarriage, other fetal loss or who have had a baby who died before the age of 2.

Read more: http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20090831/LIVING/908300338/1004/living

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Miscarriage leads to woman's first book

2009-08-15T09:00:00.000-04:00

Tonya Dorsey sat there, paralyzed by depression, barely able to muster the energy to turn on the television.

Once the TV was on, she was assaulted by a barrage of commercials and programming about babies: Sitcom babies in hospitals; gurgling, happy babies in Hallmark commercials; a baby so excited by her mother's purchase of a minivan that a sonogram showed her jumping for joy in the womb.

That was Dorsey's low point after miscarrying her first pregnancy in 2001, when she lost the daughter she'd named Alexandra Monique. She chronicles her journey out of that depression in a new book, "From Crisis to Purpose: A Mother's Memoir," a book she said she wrote to "elevate the dialogue on loss."

Read more: http://www.gazette.net/stories/08122009/entenew131929_32523.shtml

Stories of Pregnancy & Birth over 44y
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http://pregnancyover44y.blogspot.com/

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New Down's syndrome blood test could put an end to the risk of miscarriage

2009-08-10T09:00:00.001-04:00

A blood test which eradicates the risk of miscarriages when checking for Down's syndrome is being developed.

Currently, amniocentesis screening is the method for checking the foetus for risk of handicap.

However the highly invasive procedure poses a high risk to the unborn child.

But a research team for the NHS is working on the method of assessing the baby using a sample of maternal blood.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1205534/New-blood-test-prevent-hundreds-women-miscarriage.html

Stories of Pregnancy & Birth over 44y
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Sudden Death - Stillbirth

2009-08-05T09:00:00.000-04:00

There is a form of sudden death that is shrouded in mystery and sensitivity - stillbirth. This is when the developing infant dies suddenly in the womb. This can sometimes be explained, such as when the foetus chokes after it is entangled in the umbilical cord.

In Singapore, a stillbirth is defined as foetal death after the 28th week of pregnancy but before delivery.

Foetal death in utero (while still in the uterus) before the 28th week is considered a late miscarriage. A full term is typically between 37 and 42 weeks.

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Treating Unexplained Recurrent Miscarriage

2009-08-03T09:00:00.002-04:00

Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor Administration Shows Promise in Treating Unexplained Recurrent Miscarriage

Miscarriage occurs in 10%-25% of all clinically recognized pregnancies, with around <5%>

Now a randomized controlled study, published in the recent issue of Human Reproduction, reports the potential of subcutaneous administration of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) as an effective strategy to improve the pregnancy outcome in patients with idiopathic recurrent miscarriages.

Source: http://medinewsdirect.com/?p=695

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Miscarriage and toxoplasmosis

2009-07-30T09:00:00.000-04:00

If you are pregnant and own a cat, remember to have someone else change the cat litter. Cats are carriers of the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis, an infection caused by parasites transmitted to humans from infected cats.

The parasite lives inside the cat's intestines and is passed into the feces, so changing your cat's litter box puts you at risk. One of the possible effects of toxoplasmosis is miscarriage.

Read more: http://www.examiner.com/x-14154-Raleigh-Infertility--Miscarriage-Examiner~y2009m7d27-Miscarriage-and-toxoplasmosis

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Support after miscarriage

2009-07-28T09:00:00.002-04:00

If you know someone who has recently gone through a miscarriage, you may be unsure of how to help. You might be afraid you will say or do the wrong thing. Here are some ways you can be supportive to a woman who has suffered a miscarriage.

1. Send a card or handwritten note.
2. Help her with household chores such as doing laundry or vacuuming.
3. Offer to babysit any other children so the couple can have some time alone.

Read more: http://www.examiner.com/x-14154-Raleigh-Infertility--Miscarriage-Examiner~y2009m7d26-Support-after-miscarriage

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Sharing the loss of miscarriage

2009-07-26T09:00:00.001-04:00

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I have followed the harrowing stories of Eliza Abbaszadeh and Monica O'Grady as one who shares the same pain and carries a very similar scar.

In the very early hours of Jan. 6, 1990, I was awakened by what I knew to be labour pains. I was terrified. I was only 29 weeks pregnant.

My husband and I woke up our 7-year-old twin sons, bundled them into the car, and drove to St. Mary's Hospital in the cold and the dark, in a state of anguish. Our twins were asked to wait down in the lobby with a security guard while I was admitted.

Read more: http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/viewpoints/story.html?id=06e64b03-f745-480d-a50b-82d1771df05b

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Saliva Test Might Predict Premature Births

2009-07-22T09:00:00.001-04:00

Testing of pregnant women’s saliva could help predict if they are likely to give birth prematurely, according to a study to be published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

The study found that women going into early preterm labour (before 34 weeks gestation) had low-levels of the hormone progesterone in their saliva as early as 24 weeks, and these levels failed to rise during pregnancy in the normal way.

Read more: http://www.onmedica.com/news/c3e1d1cb-7e47-4f5c-ba1a-4be4d673d3a2/saliva-test-might-predict-premature-births

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So Few Memories, So Much Love Giveaway

2009-07-19T09:00:00.004-04:00

Frugal Freebies is having a giveaway that I wanted to share here:

"So Few Memories, So Much Love", a memory book for pregnancy loss and a beaded baby name memory bracelet, retail value $16.00.

This sweet hand-made beaded baby memory bracelet is similar to what they used to give babies born years ago in the hospital. It will be personalized with your baby's name or month of loss or simply the word "baby" in letter beads, with pink and/or blue beads, and red hearts which symbolize the love you have for a precious baby no longer with you but still very much in your heart and memory.

"So Few Memories, So Much Love" is an exquisitely-detailed baby memory book. Specially-created to help record the events prior to, during and following the loss of a baby through early miscarriage. This long-awaited baby memory book:

♥ Gives you permission to grieve
♥ Helps you to work through the process of grieving and the pain of loss
♥ Offers a place to express your thoughts, feelings and emotions of your baby's loss
♥ Embraces the importance of mourning your baby
♥ Helps to promote the positive resolution of your grief

Created by the Executive Editor of Shattered Dreams, who delves into her own experience of multiple miscarriage to choose the meaningful events to commemorate.

PLUS...healing suggestions for memorializing your baby ...listings of normal grief reactions ...and poignant poetry. This baby memory book will become a special source of comfort and remembrance for now and for the future. Perfect for gift giving to a bereaved mom.

Comb-bound, heavy-duty stock cover, 24 pages, includes a MEMORIES storage envelope.

Open to worldwide entrants - ends July 31/09
To enter: http://www.frugal-freebies.com/2009/07/so-few-memories-so-much-love-giveaway.html

Study highlights miscarriage risk

2009-07-17T09:00:00.002-04:00

Pregnant women undergoing tests for foetal abnormalities could be up to twice as likely to miscarry if they attend a small hospital unit, according to new research.

Some 30,000 women a year in the UK undergo amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling (CVS) to detect possible problems with a pregnancy.

Amniocentesis indicate the likelihood of the baby developing chromosomal conditions, such as Down syndrome or Edward's syndrome.

The test carries a risk of miscarriage and is usually only offered to women when there is a significant risk the baby will develop such a condition.

CVS tests are usually carried out earlier in pregnancy and detect serious foetal problems.

CVS is available to all pregnant women but especially those with a family history of genetic disorders or who are over 35.

The study, involving more than 64,000 pregnant women, found that miscarriage rates were higher at smaller hospital units.

Overall, the miscarriage rate following amniocentesis was 1.4%, and 1.9% following CVS.

But women treated in departments carrying out fewer than 500 amniocentesis tests over an 11-year period had a higher chance of miscarriage than in those attending larger units.

The research, by experts at Copenhagen University Hospital, was published in the Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology journal.

Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iofG0j_CwU8lsGAancZA6ILCXkww

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Heaven Born: help for coping with early miscarriage

2009-07-15T09:00:00.002-04:00

When someone has a miscarriage, it's often hard to know what to say or do. For the person who suffers the miscarriage, it can be an isolating and very emotional time.

After having a miscarriage at 11 weeks, Maureen Day decided part of her healing process would be to help others. In 2002, she started a non-profit project called Heaven Born. This group offers handmade pillows for early miscarriage losses.

For a miscarriage support group in the Raleigh/Durham area see www.dukehealth.org/locations/teer_house.

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My wife has had five miscarriages

2009-07-13T09:00:00.001-04:00

But we are still determined to have another child

When my wife Emily came into the sitting room and told me there was "something in the soap dish" I knew the stomach pains she had been experiencing during the eighth week of her first pregnancy had ended in a miscarriage.

Should I bring the "something" into the sitting room, discuss it with my wife and then make a decision to bury it in a beautiful location? Or should I protect my wife by flushing it down the loo? I went for the latter, enduring the worst existential moment of my life; then I tried to comfort her.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/09/first-person-miscarriages-child

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The Miscarriage Test

2009-07-11T09:00:00.000-04:00

Tampa (myFOXla.com) - It's such a sad reality some families must face, up to fifteen percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage. Most are due to problems with the DNA. The fetus can't develop normally because of defects in the genes. But when a woman has two or three miscarriages, it may be a clue something else is very wrong. Fox's Dr. Joette Giovinco has more on a simple test that may prevent repeats from happening.

Video: http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/health/The_Miscarriage_Test_20090710

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Coping with miscarriage

2009-07-06T09:00:00.000-04:00

Early pregnancy loss — or miscarriage — is the loss of a pregnancy before 20 weeks. Estimates suggest that up to 50% to 75% of fertilized eggs are lost, many before a woman even misses her menstrual period. Among confirmed pregnancies in the US, between 15% and 20% are miscarried.

For more information, the ACOG Patient Education Pamphlet “Early Pregnancy Loss” is available in English and Spanish at www.acog.org/publications/

Read more: http://www.northwestgeorgia.com/Health/local_story_174134905.html?keyword=topstory

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A death in the family

2009-07-04T09:00:00.002-04:00

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As I felt more than nauseated every day I assumed all had to be well. My belly was growing - a bit faster than I had hoped for, but I guess I don't have any stomach muscles left anyhow - and the indigestion, fatigue and general slug-like countenance were all present and correct.

And then, at my 12 week scan, my obstetrician told me the baby had died.

A "missed" miscarriage, apparently, where there is no blood or any sign at all that anything is wrong, and a placenta that continues to pump out pregnancy hormones, tricking you into thinking you are pregnant long after you are.

Read more: http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/keeping-mum/2009/6/30/death-family/?c_id=6

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Babies making a splash for charity

2009-07-02T09:00:00.000-04:00

BABIES are taking the plunge to help raise £100,000 for a charity which funds research into the causes of miscarriage and stillbirth.

The Splash-athon ’09 event is supported by Water Babies - an organisation which teaches young children to swim.

Several Water Babies groups across the North East and North Yorkshire are involved in the scheme, which aims to raise money for the Tommy’s baby charity.

As well as research, Tommy’s works to raise awareness of the facts about miscarriage and stillbirth. For more information on Water Babies classes phone 01642-313003 or www.waterbabies.co.uk .

Read more: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/newsediting/4472616.Babies_making_a_splash_for_charity/

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Surviving a miscarriage

2009-06-30T09:00:00.000-04:00

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Having a miscarriage is not only physically difficult, but it has an emotional impact, as well. It is normal to feel a range of feelings that may include anger, sadness, guilt or shock.

Keep in mind that being around friends and family who have children may be painful.

During this time, it is OK to give yourself permission to miss social gatherings or family events.

Men and women deal with loss differently, so couples need to share their feelings and thoughts openly with each other. A pregnancy loss can affect relationships. It can bring you closer or rip you apart. It is important that you both give yourself time and space to heal. You and your spouse may go through the stages of grief. The grieving process can take days, weeks or months.

Read more: http://savannahnow.com/node/745043

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