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The Clinical Pregnancy Loss Research Team at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) & the Pregnancy Loss Research Group @ UCC. Shares ≠ endorsement Website: www.ucc.ie/pregnancyloss Related sites: https://linktr.ee/pregnancylossresearchgroup

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · Nov 9

We've created a starter pack for anyone interested in any form of pregnancy loss/endings

If you want to be added (or have suggestions for additions), please let us know

@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, @maritahennessy.bsky.social

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 3h

🗞️ Researchers in Cork have launched new resources aimed at supporting women who experience pregnancy loss

🗣️ Emer Harrington speaks with Prof @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social & Tara Woulfe about how loss can impact women in the workplace

🔗 www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-417...

@ucc.ie #PLRG_PLACESproject

Researchers in Cork launch new resources to support women through pregnancy loss

Researchers in Cork have launched new resources aimed at supporting women who experience pregnancy loss. EMER HARRINGTON speaks with Prof Keelin ...

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

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 · 14h

The diagnosis and management of extrauterine and uterine ectopic pregnancy

Jessica Farren, Bassel H Al Wattar, Davor Jurkovic

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Daniel Nuzum @danielnuzum.bsky.social · 22h

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

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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,...

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Department of Health - Ireland @roinnslainte.bsky.social · 1d

The Minister has also appointed Professor Deirdre Madden, of the School of Law, University of Cork (UCC), as the first Chairperson of the Board.
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

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Department of Health - Ireland @roinnslainte.bsky.social · 18h

Minister Carroll MacNeill has published three reports from the Women's Experiences of Healthcare in Ireland Listening Forum. www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

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Clare Moriarty @quiteclare.bsky.social · 1d

It's Pregnancy Loss Awareness week, so I'm still talking about it...
I went on Liveline today and spoke about my experience and things I think would help people going through similar (and much worse).
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
More research, better facilities & miscarriage leave would be a start...

Miscarriage

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

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 23h

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.

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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 1d

The first Pregnancy Loss Support Policy for staff in an Irish university has been launched by UCC, marking a significant step forward in workplace wellbeing and inclusion.

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

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 · 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 · 2d

The women taking Meta to task after their baby loss

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The women taking tech giant Meta to task after their baby loss

Several women say the pain of losing their babies was made worse by targeted advertising.

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

Minister for Health establishes Assisted Human Reproduction Regulatory Authority

www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

@roinnslainte.bsky.social

Minister for Health establishes Assisted Human Reproduction Regulatory Authority

The Minister has appointed Professor Deirdre Madden, of the School of Law, University of Cork (UCC), as the first Chairperson of the Board

www.gov.ie

Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 3d

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

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

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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 ...

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

SPHE Network 25th Anniversary Biennial Conference | From Strong Foundations to Emerging Horizons: 25 Years of SPHE

📆 8 November

📍DCU All Hallows Campus, Dublin / 💻

sphenetwork.ie/sphe-confere...

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SPHE Conference - SPHE Network

The SPHE Network is delighted to announce its 25th Anniversary Biennial Conference, a pivotal event marking a quarter-century of dedication to Social,

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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.

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

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

via @oireachtasnews.bsky.social: Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to implement the recommendations of the 2024 PLACES report commissioned by her Department on pregnancy loss

www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/q...

#PLRG_PLACESproject

Departmental Reports

Departmental Reports Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 October 2025

www.oireachtas.ie

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 · 6d

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

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Clare Moriarty @quiteclare.bsky.social · 8d

Thirdly, you can have the best people on earth working in these roles, but without proper infrastructure/spaces, they can't fulfil potential/discharge proper care. I queued for D&C surgery alongside ppl awaiting delivery, could hear babies cry when I woke up from surgery.

Text: "Finally, infrastructure. There is compassion in good design. The row of seats that face the registration desk in the hospital I attended for miscarriage surgery contained me and two heavily pregnant women checking in to give birth. Having had this experience, I feel I can say with confidence that there’s a good reason you wouldn’t have a wedding planner and an undertaker share a reception.

Similarly, because of construction works at the hospital and some necessary repurposing of rooms, I could hear newborn cries from the recovery bed where I ate my first bites of post-surgery toast. Again, an emotional hardship most could do without.

The urgency of better, newer hospitals is not just about better facilities and technology, it should be about taking us out of buildings that are not fit for purpose – and that’s leaving aside the legacy of the carceral ghosts that inhabit many of these institutions, the sites of so much injustice against women on this island in recent history."

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Clare Moriarty @quiteclare.bsky.social · 8d

The second was to take your knowledge of your body seriously. I knew my dates and my cycle well, but when things weren't measuring right, I let myself believe that I'd got the dates and my cycle length wrong. Looking back, I could have spared myself some pain here if I believed myself.

Text: My second big lesson was to trust my knowledge of my body. As a philosopher working primarily on the history of science, I think I have a pretty healthy mixture of, on the one hand, appropriate deference to medical expertise and, on the other, the kind of scepticism over clinical certainty that is a necessary byproduct of having studied the way scientific knowledge evolves over time.

I’ve had a very regular 29-day cycle for most of my adult life. When early scans showed that the blastocyst was not the right size for its gestation, I let myself be talked around to the idea that I was wrong about my dates and cycle length and that everything was probably okay. Of course, people will try to allow a person to keep a hope alive where it’s wanted (and it’s difficult for health practitioners to ever know your medical values), but I feel I could have spared myself some subsequent grief if I had trusted myself.

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Clare Moriarty @quiteclare.bsky.social · 8d

My first insight is that, for those of us who had our first babies in the height of COVID, a normalisation of isolated fertility care set in that was hard to shake. Years later, I went in for my miscarriage surgery alone, because I genuinely didn't think to ask if I could bring my husband.

Text reads: "So I knew no other way, and the loneliness of that clinical experience never really occurred to me at the time. However, it normalised a sense of pregnancy as a purely individual business in a way that I look back on very differently now.

When, at just more than 13 weeks, I went into the hospital for my booking appointment and learned I’d lost the pregnancy, I scrambled to get a D&C (dilation and curettage) appointment immediately. I wanted to be through it as quickly as I could. When the day came for surgery, I had so internalised the normality of medical isolation in my Covid pregnancy that I didn’t even think to ask could I bring my husband to the hospital with me.
I just assumed I couldn't"

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Clare Moriarty @quiteclare.bsky.social · 8d

More professional oversharing from me in the Irish Times today. Three years on, I look back at what I think I've learned from my miscarriage experiences.
It's paywalled, but I'll pull some of the major ideas below.

www.irishtimes.com/health/your-...

In hospital for my miscarriage surgery, I waited with two women checking in to give birth

There is compassion in good design. You wouldn’t have a wedding planner and an undertaker share a reception

www.irishtimes.com

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

Exploring the Abortion Stigma Hierarchy in Reproductive Healthcare

Rikki Roscoe & Rachael Hernandez

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Exploring the Abortion Stigma Hierarchy in Reproductive Healthcare

Abortion remains a contentious legal issue, and beliefs about its social acceptance are complex and divisive. Few Americans hold absolutist views, leaving ambiguity around which circumstances are d...

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