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Miscarriage stories of loss, hope and help. It's always devastating to experience a loss. It can cause you to feel alone, isolated. There's no 'right' way to feel - a range of reactions are possible and normal. In addition to the grief you may feel, your body will be undergoing some profound hormonal adjustments, which may make you feel very emotionally volatile. If you have had a miscarriage, take the time to understand better why these occur and why it is not your fault.

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Friday, March 02, 2012

Bethenny Frankel reveals miscarriage

Bethenny Frankel had a miscarriage eight weeks into her second pregnancy, the reality TV star revealed Monday.

"That was a very emotional experience, and it had a lot of different things that came with it," she said Monday on the "Today" show, her voice cracking as she spoke. "Thinking about women who can't have their own baby, even the first baby, I mean, I'm really lucky. I have the most beautiful daughter in the world and I'm grateful for her."

Regarding continuing to try for a second child, the 41-year-old said, "It's not really my choice .... the window is closing."

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TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:

I Never Held You: Miscarriage, Grief, Healing and Recovery
-- speaks to the heart of women, their families and friends who have either lived through the pain & grief after miscarriage, or who want to better support someone who has. Author Ellen M. DuBois shares her own painful journey after miscarriage taking you from her darkest moments of grief, despair, isolation, anxiety, fear and depression to the steps she took towards healing and recovery. Her suggestions prove to be helpful in balancing the emotional peaks and valleys after suffering such a heartbreaking loss.
I Never Held You validates your grief after losing a baby to miscarriage, and assures you that you're not alone in your struggle. With the help of contributing author Dr. Linda Backman, Ed.D., licensed grief counselor, psychologist and author, you'll come to better understand grief- and why it's so important to allow yourself the time necessary to heal.

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Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Recurrent miscarriage

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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Monday, July 06, 2009

Coping with miscarriage

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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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Surviving a miscarriage

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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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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Couple’s grief for babies

JO HALL never expected supporting Red Nose Day would one day help her in hour of need, but it has.

The Avonsleigh woman has been struggling to cope after miscarrying two babies in two years.

Ms Hall may not have given birth, but she still grieves.

She couldn’t believe it when she lost her first child in 2007 to discover that SIDS and Kids offered counselling services.

“When you are in hospital they give you a booklet to read about miscarriages … I saw it was produced by SIDS,” Ms Hall said.

Read more: http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/75806

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Saturday, June 13, 2009

Book on expressing miscarriage grief & sadness through art

“Dedicated to the many women and men who carry a quiet loss, a loss that underlies their daily affairs and permeates their dreams with memories of children who were with them too briefly.”

So begins Laura Seftel’s book, Grief Unseen: Healing Pregnancy Loss through the Arts. She wrote this book and started The Secret Club several years after her own pregnancy losses.

View the slideshow of pregnancy loss art.

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Embryos that self-destruct can lead to miscarriages

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Miscarriage, the most common type of pregnancy loss, can be a horrible and hugely depressing experience for any woman. But, ever wondered why do women have more miscarriages than females of other species? It’s all in the chromosomes, a new study says.

Researchers in Belgium have found that it’s normal for human embryos to contain cells with the wrong number of chromosomes, which can actually cause them to self-destruct. As women age, their eggs are more likely to have the wrong number of chromosomes, which can lead to miscarriages.

For their study, the researchers examined 23 embryos from nine young, fertile couples who were undergoing IVF for screening purposes and found 21 had chromosomal abnormalities, the New Scientist reported. The study, led by Joris Vermeesch from the Centre for Human Genetics in Leuven, has been published in the latest issue of the Nature Medicine journal.

Abnormal chromosome structure in human embryos is quite common. Chromosomal instability is marked by duplications, deletions, or translocations of whole chromosomes, or of chromosome pieces.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Embryos-that-self-destruct-can-lead-to-miscarriages/articleshow/4480254.cms

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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Time of Implantation of the Conceptus and Loss of Pregnancy

ABSTRACT

Background: Implantation of the conceptus is a key step in pregnancy, but little is known about the time of implantation or the relation between the time of implantation and the outcome of pregnancy.

Results: There were 199 conceptions, for 95 percent of which (189) we had sufficient data for analysis. Of these 189 pregnancies, 141 (75 percent) lasted at least six weeks past the last menstrual period, and the remaining 48 pregnancies (25 percent) ended in early loss. Among the pregnancies that lasted 6 weeks or more, the first appearance of chorionic gonadotropin occurred 6 to 12 days after ovulation; 118 women (84 percent) had implantation on day 8, 9, or 10. The risk of early pregnancy loss increased with later implantation (P<0.001).>

Among the 102 conceptuses that implanted by the ninth day, 13 percent ended in early loss. This proportion rose to 26 percent with implantation on day 10, to 52 percent on day 11, and to 82 percent after day 11.

Conclusions: In most successful human pregnancies, the conceptus implants 8 to 10 days after ovulation. The risk of early pregnancy loss increases with later implantation.

Full Text: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/340/23/1796

Source: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/340/23/1796

TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION:

Miscarriage, Medicine & Miracles: Everything You Need to Know about Miscarriage
-- From one of the foremost doctors in the field and a journalist who has experienced multiple miscarriages herself comes an accessible, encouraging, and complete guide to both the causes and, more important, the prevention of miscarriage.

Though one in four American women will lose her pregnancy, with the right pre-pregnancy evaluation and ongoing care, for many women miscarriage can be prevented. During forty years of practice, Dr. Bruce Young has treated hundreds of women who experienced this heartbreaking loss and helped them bring babies to term. Now he has teamed up with one of his patients, Amy Zavatto, to write this compassionate guide that combines medical facts with insights from both the patient’s and doctor’s viewpoints. Including real-life case studies, Dr. Young provides in-depth answers to the questions: Why did this happen to me? and What can I do to prevent it next time?

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Pregnancy Miracle -- - A 279-page, instantly downloadable e-book presenting a 5-step, sure-fire, 100% guaranteed, clinically proven holistic and ancient Chinese system for permanently reversing your infertility and your partner's infertility disorders and getting pregnant quickly, naturally and safely within 2-4 months without drugs, dangerous surgeries, side effects, or expensive infertility treatments. It's probably the most powerful infertility reversal system ever developed, and currently the best-selling e-book of its kind on the entire Web! Here's what the author Lisa Olson had to say about her incredible program: "After 14 years of trial, error and experimentation, I finally discovered the answer to infertility and developed a fool-proof system to getting pregnant the natural way - no drugs, or surgery necessary. And now I'm finally revealing my secrets in this new 'encyclopedia' of pregnancy called, Pregnancy Miracle." "I will be your own personal coach, take you by the hand, and lead you through the lousy advice, hype and gimmicks...and directly to the sort of inner balance perfection that will end your battle with infertility forever and help you become a proud mother of your healthy children."