Health

In search of answers about miscarriage


In 2017, Jennie Agg had the first of what would be four miscarriages. Despite being told by medics that losing a pregnancy was incredibly common, she found that there was not a lot of solid information out there about what had actually happened to her.

Now more and more high-profile women, including the prime minister’s wife, Carrie Johnson, are deciding to share their own stories of miscarriage. But as Jennie tells Rachel Humphreys, the conversations we have about miscarriage have changed very little over the years.

She says that in the UK, the NHS only offers further medical investigations after women have experienced three miscarriages in a row. Even then, about half of those seeking explanations for their multiple miscarriages will not get any answers.

Now, after eventually becoming a mother, Jennie says that women are still being left to feel abandoned and despite all the advances in medicine in many other fields, the science of miscarriages is still not well understood.



Pregnant woman. Modern collage on an abstract background. Bright conceptual flat illustration about motherhood and pregnancy.

Photograph: Tatyana Antusenok/Getty Images/iStockphoto

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