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

Conceiving after chemical pregnancy

Hi everyone 👋
I was just wondering if anyone had any advise or story’s of conceiving after a chemical pregnancy/early miscarriage?

We already have a little boy who is 5 and we unfortunately suffered a chemical pregnancy at the end of February, beginning of March. I was 5 weeks.

Since then we have been actively trying for baby number 2. Does anyone have any advice on conceiving for the second time?
It took us around 8 months to conceive our little boy.

Thank you!

Frustrated

FTM, 36 weeks 4 days. I’ve had a few days of Prodromal labor but today my contractions were under 5 min apart for over an hour and when I decided to go to the hospital I noticed I was also bleeding. When I got to Labor and Delivery I was 1 cm dilated and my contractions were very intense and 3 min apart. The doctor told me she believed I was in labor but they sent me home after 6 hours because my cervix wasn’t progressing. They also didn’t give me a clear explanation as to why I’m bleeding, told me it was either a slight placental abruption or just bleeding from cervical changes. I’m just so frustrated because they told me to come back when my contractions are close together or if the bleeding gets worse, but my contractions are still coming every 4 minutes. Luckily baby is doing fine but it would be nice to feel a little more supported by my care team as a FTM.

Has Anyone Ever Have A Miscarriage Nightmare In Early Pregnancy?

I had a dream/nightmare about my miscarriage and it scared me and worried me. It felt so real too. I went through one in December and now I had a nightmare/dream about one. Could this be my body telling me that Im pregnant. I looked it up and it says it's because of all the hormones changing. Has anyone ever had a dream/nightmare about that? I would like some opinions please. Thank you for advice in advance. Good luck and baby dust to you all.

🤷🏻‍♀️ support

Where do I even start…. We’ve been TCC and were successful but then had a miscarriage at 6 weeks. We are trying again…. I’m 16 DPO of my 4th cycle from after miscarriage and I’ve done pregnancy test that are negative and no period showed up just yet 🤷🏻‍♀️. I typically have regular cycles. I’d love your similar stories regardless of the outcome. Just trying to get through this time if you know what I mean 😅

Timing of the misoprostol

2nd miscarriage

I just found today that my baby stopped growing about 3 weeks ago, it measured about 6w1d. I had a miscarriage in December, but baby measured 9.5 weeks back then, and I went with D&C. This time, since baby is much smaller, I’m considering going with the pill - I don’t want to wait until the process starts, which could be who knows when… Until now, I haven’t had any cramping nor bleeding, but I’ve been on progesterone supplements for the past 3 weeks.
When should I start the pill? Is it okay to wait for another week, or should I prioritize to do it asap? I’m just scared of infection and so I’m thinking I should do it asap, but I work on Monday and Tuesday so I wanted to wait until after that. But if it’s risky to wait, I could push my work further next week…

If you did the pill option, how long after your baby stopped growing and what was your experience - any complications?

Pregnant again

My boy is only 19m I just had a miscarriage in February and now I’m pregnant again. I’m so scared 😭

Previous miscarriages

Any moms or mamas to be on here who have had 2 previous miscarriages prior to this pregnancy? Interested to know 🫶🏻🌈

Pregnancy with IUD

Hi all. I'm 11 weeks pregnant with a copper IUD. The strings are not visible and I'm looking to have the IUD removed as it seems the risks of continuing the pregnancy with the IUD are too high.
What my doctor told me and what the internet seems to say in regards to miscarriage during the removal seems to be very different.
Does anyone have any knowledge or experience with this?

Questions about
miscarriage aftermath!

Hi, I had a miscarriage on 04/20/26. This was my first miscarriage but my second pregnancy. I do have one live born.
I want to know how long everyone waited before trying again? I’ve seen a lot of people say 6 weeks minimum, but I miscarried at only 8 weeks, baby was measuring at 6.5 weeks.
I was told by my doctor to wait for my HCG levels to go down and then we can try again. I just got nervous when I started seeing everyone say they were told to wait at least 6 weeks. 😭.

Worried that contractions will trigger me

I had a miscarriage at 10 weeks last year and had contractions and back pain when miscarrying. Im currently 38 weeks with our rainbow baby and I’m really worried that contractions will trigger me. Anyone else felt this or experienced this?

Thank you ♥️♥️