Articles & Expert Guides on Pregnancy Loss

Medically-reviewed expert guides, tips, real-life stories, and articles on Pregnancy Loss

Sex After a Miscarriage: What You Need To Know

Katie Mill

First Period After Miscarriage: What To Expect

Katie Mill

Can Stress Cause a Miscarriage?

Katie Mill

Cervical Pregnancy: Symptoms and Support

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

What is Vanishing Twin Syndrome? (and Why We Don’t Call it That)

Peanut

What is an Ectopic Pregnancy? Signs, Symptoms & Treatment

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

What to Say to Someone Who Had a Miscarriage (and What Not to Say)

Tassia O'Callaghan

What Does a Miscarriage Look Like?

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

21 Miscarriage Quotes So You Know You’re Not Alone

Catherine Craik

What is a Threatened Miscarriage? (and Why We Don’t Call it That)

Peanut

What is a Molar Pregnancy? Symptoms & What to Do

Tassia O'Callaghan

Blighted Ovum: Symptoms & Support

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

Why I’m No Longer Sticking to the 12-Week Pregnancy Rule

Rebecca Malpass

Meghan Markle’s Pregnancy Loss Story: You’re Not Alone

Team Peanut

From the community

Trying again after a silent miscarriage

Hi ladies, I recently had a silent miscarriage I had the medication to help get rid of the tissue it’s been a week and 4 days since that. I’ve had a negative test today. Does this mean I’m okay to try again? I’ve stopped bleeding completely for at least 3/4 days no spotting or anything. How long did everyone wait and how long did it take to get pregnant again? 🥲

Miscarriage

I found out I was pregnant with our miracle baby the start of October which ended in miscarriage on Saturday 💔
I feel so lost and like there will be no way forward from this
It took almost 4 years to conceive with having PCOS and my partner having low motility/morphology
I’m terrified of never getting pregnant again, especially naturally, and also of miscarrying again
Has anyone been in a similar position? 💗

Threatened miscarriage

So I arrived at the hospital (12 weeks pregnant) with very little bleeding (not spotting but not super heavy) it was also brown blood sorry if tmi, I was diagnosed with threatened miscarriage cause baby boy still had a heartbeat and discharged, while I was waiting for my ride back home still at the hospital, I had much heavier bleeding, so much my legs turned red, I felt multiple gushes of dark red blood. They said to follow up with Obgyn. I did my own research and found out what a subchorionic hematoma is. Has anyone had this happen and the baby turned out okay? I’m hoping for the best but preparing for the worst as I never had a miscarriage and don’t know what to expect. Any advice is welcomed. Thanks in advance

Anybody

So I got to positive pregnancy test then I started bleeding I had to leave work early the next I went urgent care they said they couldnt see the baby but my level is two low it was 56 my urine shows I am still pregnant and still having pregnancy symptoms the bleeding has nearly stopped after three days but something feels off like I am still pregnant but the hospital told me they think I had a miscarriage according to my last period I am 6 weeks but I also researched that it is possible I am only 3–4 weeks I just want to know if there is anybody out there that experience this and they ended up delivering the baby or if I am just crazy

How long you get pregnant after miscarriage

Sorry if this has been asked already but how long did it take for you to get pregnant after a miscarriage?
Thanks, from inpatient mumma 💚

Lines not progressing

My hcg strips are staying a similar colour and I did a clear blue weeks test which says 1-2 weeks but apparently it should be further along than that based on my ovulation, sex, cycle etc.

Anyone's else had this and all is ok?
I've asked my GP for a HCG blood test but not sure if they will. I don't have a midwife appt until early dec and scan is booked for a couple days before Xmas.

I've got no pain or bleeding so I'm hugely panicking now.

I can't talk to my partner as he keeps saying I'm worrying due to my miscarriage in August so I've come to you guys.

Advice

Hello ladies! My husband and I have been trying to concieve for past four years after a miscarriage , and haven't been successful. We decided to abstain from sex until about the end of December. I will be exercising and taking Theralogix conception supplements in the meantime also taking clove water once a day. Pray for us!

Trying again after miscarriage

So i recently had an anembryonic pregnancy and took misoprostol about 1 week ago.
My midwife suggested waiting to have a period before trying again so they can date the pregnancy easier.
Im too inpatient and want to try straight away so as soon as I get a negative test (3 weeks after misoprostol) I was gonna start tracking ovulation and try again.
Has anyone else done this and got pregnant before your first period after a miscarriage?

Struggling with miscarriage

I had an ectopic pregnancy in August and I am currently going through a miscarriage. We have been trying for a second child for around 5 months now. I’m feeling really low, really wiped out and just exhausted. I really want to be pregnant and now I feel I’m going to be filled with dread and anxiety. Has anyone got any positive stories? Is it also normal to be so drained with a miscarriage, or is this maybe the effects of stress/anxiety?

TW: missed miscarriage and mention of living child

I went to a private scan on Friday night with my husband and toddler. I should have been 10 weeks but I was told there was no heart beat and the sac was measuring at 8 weeks. We’d had a private scan at 6 +4 that showed a strong heartbeat. I’m devastated and trying to wrap my head around the fact my body still thinks I’m pregnant and yet I’m not, and I’m not going to have my baby in May.

The next appointment the early pregnancy unit could offer me is Tuesday. This is the longest and most sad and horrific weekend / 3 days of my life. I’m still trying to be a mam alongside being reminded when I look at my little boy exactly what I’m miscarrying. I’m also wracked with worry about when it will happen, how it will happen, what if it happens before Tuesday and if it doesn’t happen naturally, what will happen then 😭

The words ‘I’m sorry but I can’t find a heart beat’ feels like it’s going to play in by brain on a loop forever.

And the worst part of it is, no one gets how painful this process is, how painful this grief is. Including me before I’m now going through it myself. I’ve already had two people say to me ‘everything happens for a reason’ but no reason could excuse the pain of losing everything I’d imagined and wished for.

I didn’t think I could ever cry this many tears. The torture of waiting is making everything feel worse 💔