Stories about miscarriage
Zoe’s story: young people and miscarriage
Zoe had a miscarriage at 18. Now 25, she reflects on her experience, and how she found support that helped her through.
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.
Miscarriage experienced as a mother, and a grandmother
Gillian writes about her experience of miscarriage as both a mother and a grandmother.
Emma’s story
Emma shares her experience of coping with loss after having 5 miscarriages in between having her 3 children.
Dawn’s story
After having a miscarriage, Dawn describes how it helped to find support from others who had been through pregnancy loss.
Jessica’s story: the grief doesn’t go away
Jessica had 5 losses, including an ectopic pregnancy, and 2 successful pregnancies. She shares how she has had to learn to cope with the ongoing grief for her losses.
Miscarriage after IVF
Victoria shares her story of miscarriage after a long journey through IVF.
Megan’s story
Megan had a missed miscarriage, a healthy pregnancy and then another miscarriage. In her account here, she shares her complex feelings around her losses and hopes for the future.