Our Grief Journey is never Linear We all grieve differently, depending on our upbringing, our culture and our experiences and one size definitely does not fit all. Some of us like to grieve quietly and privately and some of us like to share our grief with others... we are all different. I know when I [...]
Early Miscarriage & Ectopic Pregnancy cause PTSD and Mental Health Issues It was no surprise to hear on BBC News that early miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy can lead to PTSD and mental health issues. Survey Findings I recently conducted a survey and 78.7% of women who experienced miscarriage were not offered support. 62.2% who [...]
Going back to work after a miscarriage It certainly isn't easy to go back to work after having had a miscarriage or any type of baby loss. I struggled with this. I was in the corporate world and found it one of the hardest things to deal with after my loss. The director of [...]
Maternal Health It's Maternal Health week, and I was moved to write a blog about how we hold experiences, such as the trauma of miscarriage, pregnancy loss and traumatic birth in our body. What goes on in our mind affects our body We are mostly forgiven for thinking that we hold this in our mind [...]
Mother’s Day: Is an opportunity to celebrate the brilliance of our mothers (and mother figures) and strengthen the special bond with our children. But for women around in the UK who have experienced miscarriage, navigating the occasion can be fraught with emotion as we remember the trauma of pregnancy loss. Though miscarriage is often obscured [...]
Letting Go After a miscarriage, pregnancy loss or baby loss of any kind – it’s not easy to let go of it. It permeates your entire being, infiltrating each and every cell of your body with sadness and heaviness and weighs you down. Understandably so, because you’ve been through a heavy blow and an [...]
Do you feel Fear after a Miscarriage? Often after a miscarriage or #babyloss – we feel crippling fear. So much so that it is keeping us stuck and safe. Our Ego, often jumps in to keep us safe, and this is also keeping us stuck. Stuck in the same loop – living a ground-hog [...]
Are you holding onto suppressed anger? After a Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss it is common to feel Angry. We might be angry with the world, angry with the hospital, doctors and medical staff around how we were treated. We could be angry with our friends, the ones who didn’t show up for us, the [...]
Life after Miscarriage or baby loss isn't easy when it comes to big events in the calendar such as Christmas. This is when we think of the "what if's" and the "could have been's" and "I should have my baby this Christmas".... all very difficult to manage and live with and brings up constant [...]
