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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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 Support - Pregnancy After Loss
Pregnancy after loss can be fraught with many conflicting emotions. We have put together a list of coping techniques that you may find helpful.
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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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Miscarriage
A miscarriage is the loss of a baby, usually during the first three months or "first trimester" of pregnancy.
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Miscarriage Support - Understanding what miscarriage is
Sadly, miscarriages are a common occurrence and the experience can be overwhelming. Here's a start to finding out the basics.
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Planning another pregnancy | SANDS
We know how lonely and isolating pregnancy after loss can feel and how difficult it can be to find your tribe who understand what youre going through.
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Types of miscarriage
There are several types of miscarriage – threatened, inevitable, complete, incomplete or missed.
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What happens after miscarriage
There are a number of things you may need to consider after a miscarriage.
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Pink Elephants - Causes of miscarriage
Causes of miscarriage: Miscarriages are devastating and there are a number of possible reasons that a miscarriage may occur.
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Pregnancy and infant loss - Health professionals and community - Maternal Child & Family Health
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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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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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Understanding Malaria
Malaria has been claimed responsible for half of all human deaths from disease since the Stone Age. At least 200 million people are infected every year, with some 600,000 deaths.
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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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Understanding Malaria
Malaria has been claimed responsible for half of all human deaths from disease since the Stone Age. At least 200 million people are infected every year, with some 600,000 deaths.
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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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Managing the drug treatment of rheumatoid arthritis | Issue 2 | Volume 40 | Australian Prescriber | Australian Prescriber
Choosing the right treatment for rheumatoid arthritis can be challenging. Find out what the key considerations are.
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