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Recurrent Miscarriage
Approximately 1 in 4 pregnancies ends in miscarriage.
Recurrent Miscarriage is defined by the NHS as 3 or more miscarriages.
Common Thoughts & Feelings
Clients who have experienced recurrent miscarriage often express feeling the following emotions:
- Out of control, all consuming, obsessive
- Anxious, scared, constant sadness
- Lonely, excluded, withdrawn
- Angry, raging, vengeful, jealous
The following thoughts may also be common if you are navigating recurrent miscarriage:
- I will never hold on to a pregnancy.
- We will never have a family.
- There is something wrong with me.
- I cannot trust my body.
- Everyone else is having babies.
How Petals can help:
The security of the counselling setting encourages and enables both individuals and couples to talk openly about the complexities of recurrent miscarriage and explore the fears and anxieties that inevitably grow through this experience.
The challenges to a couple’s relationship are many and varied and having space and time with a professional counsellor can be valuable in supporting the complex experience and journey of recurrent miscarriage.
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Join our closed Facebook group, Petals Together: a supportive group of others with shared experiences, who know how you are feeling.
You can also find out more about our specialist counselling here.