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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 6h

We're attending the Association of Early Pregnancy Units Annual Scientific Meeting in Glasgow next month - say hi if you're there

@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @niamhhj.bsky.social

#Miscarriage #RecurrentMiscarriage #EctopicPregnancy #EarlyPregnancy #PregnancyLoss #AbortionCare #AEPU2025

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 16h

Listen back: @quiteclare.bsky.social spoke with John Cooke on RTE Radio 1 Liveline yesterday

www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Ping #PLRG_PLACESproject #Miscarriage #RecurrentMiscarriage #MiscarriageLeave #ReCurrentStudy

Miscarriage

Clare tells John about her experience of miscarriage and the sensitivities around being informed.

www.rte.ie

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Daniel Nuzum @danielnuzum.bsky.social · 16h

Our latest publication
A key area in how we train & support doctors in end of life care.
67% felt inadequately trained
69% felt inadequately supported
These data provide impetus for change & will directly improve patient care
@seamusoreilly.bsky.social

spcare.bmj.com/content/earl...

Dying, death and doctors-in-training: survey

Objectives Approximately 50% of deaths occur in acute hospitals, and doctors-in-training (DITs) regularly encounter death in many forms and settings. Despite this frequent exposure to death and dying,...

spcare.bmj.com

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 1d

UCC launches Irelands first Pregnancy Loss Support Policy for University staff 💜

www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...

@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @maritahennessy.bsky.social @joh2024.bsky.social @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @ucclibrary.bsky.social @uccalumni.bsky.social

UCC launches Irelands first Pregnancy Loss Support Policy for University staff | University College Cork

Discover the latest impact of University College Cork with news and views from our leading research experts, our students and our graduates

www.ucc.ie

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 1d

💜 Professor @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social spoke with PJ Coogan on The Opinion Line-Cork's 96FM earlier today about how we can better support workers who experience pregnancy loss

🎙️ Listen back via shows.acast.com/corks-96-fm-...

🧰 Workplace resources www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

#PLRG_PLACESproject

One in Four Pregnancies End in Loss - The Hidden Truth In The Workplace | Cork's 96fm Opinion Line

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 2d

Acceptable Nomenclature for Pregnancy Loss Care: A Cross-Sectional Observational Survey

@bethmalory.bsky.social, Louise Nuttall, Alexander Heazell @mcr-sb-research.bsky.social

obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

@bjog.bsky.social

OBGYN

Objective To conduct a pilot study evaluating the acceptability of pregnancy loss nomenclature among people with recent lived experience and make recommendations for UK mass communication. Design ...

obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 4d

Last night we launched two new resources:

🧰 Pregnancy Loss & the Workplace: A Toolkit for Employers & Employees

📖 Words at Work: Experiences of pregnancy loss in the workplace {up to 23 weeks}

Available on our website-please share & use 🙏

@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

New national resources launched to create more compassionate workplaces for people who experience pregnancy loss | University College Cork

Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

www.ucc.ie

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 4d

Why are women still treated as a statistical anomaly in health research?

@quiteclare.bsky.social

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Clare Moriarty: Why are women still treated as a statistical anomaly in health research?

I remember a doctor discussing the “challenging” recovery that follows a Caesarean, as though launching a human skull through the birth canal was mere lady stuff

www.irishtimes.com

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 5d

Tonight in City Hall, Cork we published "Words at Work"

Each text in the book is a direct quotation from a person with experience of pregnancy loss who participated in the PLACES Project
www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @maritahennessy.bsky.social #PLRG_WordsAtWork

Abstract image of two black pencil-drawn circles on white background with black text Words at Work: Experiences of pregnancy loss in the workplace {up to 23 weeks}

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 5d

Listen Back: One woman’s story of isolation through her miscarriage - @quiteclare.bsky.social speaks with Shane Coleman on @newstalkfm.bsky.social Breakfast

link.goloudplayer.com/s/pGS8Lr5DLXNx

link.goloudplayer.com

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 5d

💜 Join us during #BabyLossAwarenessWeek #BLAW as we continue our efforts to effect change around all forms of pregnancy & infant loss: www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @danielnuzum.bsky.social @lauralinehan.bsky.social @caroline-oconnor.bsky.social @carolinemjoyce.bsky.social

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 7d

The Health Research Podcast Episode 3: Gaps in Women's Health Research

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmA5...

@hrbireland.bsky.social

The Health Research Podcast Episode 3: Gaps in Women's Health Research

YouTube video by Health Research Board

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 11d

#BSACP2025 takes place today. Best wishes to all involved including our own Dr Deirdre Hayes-Ryan. The rest of the team will be following developments remotely.

@cosrh.org @bpas.bsky.social @msichoicesuk.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 20d

Dr Deirdre Hayes-Ryan will present two posters at the upcoming 2025 @bsacp.org.uk Conference in London - do say hello if you're there!

Read more about our research here: www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

#BSACP2025 @cosrh.org @bpas.bsky.social @msichoicesuk.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 14d

'Publishers said baby loss was too sad a subject' - we hear this a lot too in our work

#EndTheSilence #EndTheStigma #PregnancyLoss

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Cambridgeshire author was told baby loss 'was too sad a subject'

Ali Harris says she had many rejections for her novel inspired by her own experiences.

www.bbc.com

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 17d

‘The closest I came to making life was the closest I came to death’: Florence Welch on sexism, screaming and the lost pregnancy that nearly killed her

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

#EctopicPregnancy #Miscarriage

‘The closest I came to making life was the closest I came to death’: Florence Welch on sexism, screaming and the lost pregnancy that nearly killed her

The Florence + the Machine singer talks about life after devastating loss, performing with Taylor Swift and the double standards for women in music

www.theguardian.com

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 20d

International Week of Deaf People 2025 & #IrishSignLanguage Awareness Week are taking place from 22–28 September 2025

We have lots to do in this area, sharing our Recurrent Miscarriage ISL video as a start: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWY5...

#IWDP25 #IDSL2025 @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

Recurrent miscarriage - Information & guidance (Irish Sign Language)

YouTube video by Pregnancy Loss Research Group UCC

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 20d

Dr Deirdre Hayes-Ryan will present two posters at the upcoming 2025 @bsacp.org.uk Conference in London - do say hello if you're there!

Read more about our research here: www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

#BSACP2025 @cosrh.org @bpas.bsky.social @msichoicesuk.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 20d

🆕 Resource: #PLRG_Bingo

⚠️ We hear these myths about pregnancy loss every day, through our research, clinical & advocacy work

💡 We have created #PLRG_Bingo to shine a spotlight on these myths & to present evidence as to why they are inaccurate

🔗 Access the full resource: www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

A bingo card with myths about pregnancy loss along with a short description of the resource and links/QR code to https://www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancyloss/policyandadvocacy/plrgbingo

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 21d

Loss of a baby ‘rarely discussed’ and Ireland lags behind other countries in prevention, obstetrician warns

www.independent.ie/irish-news/l...

@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @oireachtasnews.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @ucc.ie

Loss of a baby ‘rarely discussed’ and Ireland lags behind other countries in prevention, obstetrician warns

The death of a baby or the loss of a pregnancy is a devastating yet unfortunately common experience in Ireland, and sadly rarely discussed, a leading obstetrician said today in calling for more preven...

www.independent.ie

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 21d

Together with Féileacáin & the Miscarriage Association of Ireland we are hosting a drop-in information session for Oireachtas members to learn more about key research, strategies & priorities from 10:00-16:30 in The Trinity Suite, Buswell’s Hotel in Dublin today

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 21d

🆕 An Oireachtas Cross-Party Group on Pregnancy & Infant Loss has been established to drive meaningful action in improving services, supports & outcomes in Ireland

🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @oireachtasnews.bsky.social @ucc.ie @infantcentreucc.bsky.social

Cross-Party Oireachtas Group on Pregnancy and Infant Loss established | University College Cork

Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

www.ucc.ie

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 21d

🆕 An Oireachtas Cross-Party Group on Pregnancy & Infant Loss has been established to drive meaningful action in improving services, supports & outcomes in Ireland

🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @oireachtasnews.bsky.social @ucc.ie @infantcentreucc.bsky.social

Cross-Party Oireachtas Group on Pregnancy and Infant Loss established | University College Cork

Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

www.ucc.ie

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Marita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · 25d

"ongoing need to examine femtech’s role in shaping global dynamics of reproductive, labor, & environmental justice, in addition to neoliberal approaches to healthcare more broadly"

Danica Facca, Jodi Hall, Gail Teachman, Joanna Redden, Lorie Donelle

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

#FemTech

Femtech in context: A critical conceptual (re)view - Danica Facca, Jodi Hall, Gail Teachman, Joanna Redden, Lorie Donelle, 2025

Emerging as a commercial category in 2016, ‘femtech’ has been publicly celebrated as a category of consumer-based digital health technologies designed to suppor...

journals.sagepub.com

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 27d

New NIH panel seeks to reduce 'preventable' stillbirths in U.S.

www.upi.com/Health_News/...

New NIH panel seeks to reduce 'preventable' stillbirths in U.S. - UPI.com

The National Institutes of Health on Tuesday launched a new initiative to reduce the rate of stillbirths in the United States.

www.upi.com

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 27d

🆕📄 Socioeconomic deprivation as a risk factor for stillbirth: a case-control study

✍️ Jessica Keane, Paul Corcoran, Sara Leitao, Joye McKernan, Edel Manning, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Richard Greene

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@npec-ucc.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social

Socioeconomic deprivation as a risk factor for stillbirth: a case-control study

Stillbirth is a devastating outcome for families. Identifying and addressing risk factors is of crucial importance. Level of deprivation has been link…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · Sep 12

🆕📄 Ethnic Disparities in Perinatal Mortality and Associated Factors: A Nationwide Cohort Study

🗣️ Laura Robinson, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Sara Leitao

🔗 obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@bjog.bsky.social @npec-ucc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social

OBGYN

Objective To examine factors associated with perinatal mortality (PM) in women in minority ethnic groups (MEG) in Ireland and assess differences between them and their white counterparts. Design R...

obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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