Pregnancy loss
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Experiencing a pregnancy loss
Losing a baby at any stage of pregnancy can be devastating. Remember, pregnancy loss is more common than you probably think – and it’s not your fault. This article aims to help you deal with the many emotions you will be feeling.
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The Pink Elephants Support Network - Miscarriage Treatment and Procedures
Early pregnancy loss is such an individual experience, that the treatment and procedures around it are different for everybody
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The Pink Elephants Support Network - Supporting Your Emotional Wellbeing After Miscarriage
It can be challenging to maintain a positive outlook after early pregnancy loss
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Miscarriage | SANDS - MISCARRIAGE STILLBIRTH NEWBORN DEATH SUPPORT
Helping you understand the complex range of emotions you may experience during fertility treatment or after miscarriage or early pregnancy loss
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Miscarriage: a guide for men | Raising Children Network
This Dads Guide to Pregnancy covers miscarriage, the grief men might experience after miscarriage, and how to support partners after pregnancy loss.
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The Pink Elephants Support Network - Pregnancy After Loss - Pink Elephants
Pregnancy after loss is a time that can be fraught with many conflicting emotions
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Miscarriage
A miscarriage is the loss of a baby, usually during the first three months or "first trimester" of pregnancy.
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Planning another pregnancy | SANDS - MISCARRIAGE STILLBIRTH NEWBORN DEATH SUPPORT
We know how lonely and isolating pregnancy after loss can feel and how difficult it can be to find your ‘tribe’ who understand what you’re going through.
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The Pink Elephants Support Network - Post Partum Wellbeing Following Pregnancy After Loss
Women who have experienced miscarriage can be more at risk of postpartum depression or anxiety
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Types of miscarriage
There are several types of miscarriage – threatened, inevitable, complete, incomplete or missed.
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Infertility and The Mind-Body Approach
Infertility is a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse (WHO 2017). There are, of course, many physical and emotional factors that can cause infertility.
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Smoking in Pregnancy: A Danger to Mother and Baby
Smoking in pregnancy poses a significant health problem for both mother and baby. Many women who smoke will quit by themselves before becoming pregnant and others will stop once their pregnancy is confirmed. For some women, considerable help is needed to stop smoking successfully (NCSCT 2018).
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Drugs affecting milk supply during lactation | Australian Prescriber
Which drugs can be useful in improving the milk supply during lactation when non-drug approaches don't work and what are the potential side effects?
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