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DC Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Support

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We offer monthly support group meetings to parents experiencing the loss of a child to miscarriage, stillbirth, ending a wanted pregnancy, or infant death. dc-plids.org

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: Considerations for management of high-risk pregnancies when abortion care is restricted obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Individuals at high risk for pregnancy-associated morbidity and mortality have unique needs for reproductive health services, including abortion care. Legal restrictions on abortion care in many stat...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Did you catch us on “Last Week Tonight @lastweektonight.com with John Oliver?” We worked with the team on their research into fetal personhood and so much of what we do: our cases, our analysis, and explaining the real threat to pregnant people. Help us push the message by sharing!
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DC Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Support @dcplids.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A note about our support group: dc-plids.org
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DC PLIDS
We offer monthly support group meetings to parents experiencing the loss of a child to miscarriage, stillbirth, termination for medical reasons, or infant/child death.
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Zara Norman @zaraleinorman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
NEW in today’s @notusmetro.bsky.social newsletter: MedStar Washington Hospital Center shutters one of its two postpartum wards Sunday. It’s the first health provider in the District to reduce service citing, at least in part, recent changes to Medicaid (🧵) www.notus.org/metro-newsle...
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Labor Pains
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/05/2026
1/ At 17 weeks pregnant, Emily Waldorf was suddenly faced with a life-threatening situation: Her baby’s foot was dipping out of her cervix. Doctors told her the longer her cervix stayed open, the higher her risk of infection. They knew how to treat her. There was one issue … 🧵
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DC Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Support @dcplids.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
A reporter from Northwestern's Medill News Service is looking to speak with disabled women about their experiences accessing Mifepristone for miscarriage care. If you're willing to share your story, please contact @iamkaitlinb.bsky.social
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Irish News 🇮🇪 @news-flows-ir.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Meta baby ads are like 'a cot in your front room', say grieving parents Michelle Welsh says targeted adverts are like "putting a cot in the living room" of bereaved families.
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MP urges Meta to meet bereaved families over baby adverts
Michelle Welsh says targeted adverts are like "putting a cot in the living room" of bereaved families.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/05/2026
Autopsies show how hard doctors tried to save babies who died after not getting a vitamin K shot: tubes inserted in their airways, blood transfusions. They’re excruciating to read because they underscore how preventable these deaths could have been. By @deldeib.bsky.social
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What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot
Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Our first national study shows what doctors and patients have been warning: In states with abortion bans, fewer people are getting miscarriage care. This can threaten patients' health and lives. And it can add a layer of grief on top of an already devastating experience.
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Abortion bans are restricting miscarriage care, new study finds
The research is the first national analysis to quantify how abortion restrictions affect people losing their pregnancies.
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Needs of parents during their intrauterine or perinatal child loss – a qualitative multi-method study Julian Siepmann, Lydia Bauernfeind, Daniela Nuber-Fischer, Christian Rester, Karsten Gensheimer & Fritz Sterr link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Needs of parents during their intrauterine or perinatal child loss – a qualitative multi-method study - BMC Public Health
Background The loss of a child during pregnancy or birth is a profound and enduring experience that deeply shapes the lives of families. However, little is known about how parents experience the immed...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 21/04/2026
“Maternal grief seizes the body differently from other sorrows,” Danielle Crittenden writes. More than two years have passed, but Miranda’s absence “retains the power to hit me anew each day.” Read more from her essay on the death of her daughter:
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On Losing a Daughter
The people we were died at the exact moment our child did.
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
🆕📄 Evaluating online information on reduced fetal movements: a mixed-methods study ✍️ Sarah Houlihan, Anne-Marie Farrell & @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Evaluating online information on reduced fetal movements: a mixed-methods study - Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -)
Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) - Reduced fetal movement (RFM) is a pregnancy warning sign, linked to stillbirth, fetal growth restriction, and preterm birth. Pregnant women seek RFM...
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Jill Wieber Lens @jillwieberlens.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
A bill to create a $1K stillbirth income tax credit in Maryland is headed to the Governor's desk. Congrats to the MD stillbirth parents who have lobbied for this for years. (And let's hope no one needs to use it.) wtop.com/maryland/202...
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Chaotic end to Maryland’s legislative session sees signing of new, key bills - WTOP News
Chaos overshadowed Maryland’s 2026 legislative session finale as partisan clashes erupted over a voting rights bill, tempers flared in both chambers, and lawmakers raced the clock to pass major measur...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
“Google has created a misinformation crisis. Studies have shown that people tend to trust what AI tells them without question…Another experiment found that users still listened to AI when it gave them the wrong answer nearly 80% of the time—a grim trend the researchers dubbed “cognitive surrender.”
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Mayor Muriel Bowser @mayorbowser.dc.gov · 13/04/2026
It's Black Maternal Health Week in Washington, DC. A time for the District to reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that every Black woman and birthing person has dignity, respect, and equitable care before, during, and after pregnancy. My full proclamation:
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JAMA @jama.com · 02/04/2026
"As a mother and an obstetrician, these are the hardest rooms that I enter, the most difficult places that I hold in my heart." In #APieceofMyMind, an obstetrician discusses the duality of joy and grief experienced in the labor and delivery unit. ja.ma/48mB4vu
JAMA quote: "I tell my patients that the only certainty during pregnancy is that uncertainty exists, that so much is unpredictable in obstetrics." - A Piece of My Mind, Huma Farid, MD.
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Infertility and Memorable Message Mishaps, or What Not to Say to a Person Facing Fertility Issues Kami Kosenko www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Infertility and Memorable Message Mishaps, or What Not to Say to a Person Facing Fertility Issues
Infertility and its treatment create significant support needs, which often go unmet. In addition to support deficits, infertile individuals describe having difficult, upsetting discussions with ot...
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Jill Wieber Lens @jillwieberlens.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Ally beat me to it, but excited to share that "Perinatal Palliative Care & Abortion," co-authored with @amwhelan.bsky.social, is forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review. Abstract below and it will be up on SSRN as soon as SSRN allows...
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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
"Invisible in his shadow are the enslaved women whom he experimented on. Today, they are unknown and unnamed except for three: Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey." The story of Dr. Sims in 19th century America. @hiddenbrain.bsky.social #ObGynSky + #BlackHistoryMonth www.npr.org/2016/02/16/4...
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Remembering Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey: The Mothers of Modern Gynecology
J. Marion Sims is remembered as the father of modern gynecology. Forgotten are the mothers—the enslaved women whose bodies were sacrificed for the advancement of his research.
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NPR @npr.org · 14/02/2026
Researchers celebrate early results of a drug that may become the first treatment for a serious complication of pregnancy called preeclampsia. It's got the potential to save many lives. n.pr/4tw3Kex
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It's a dangerous complication of pregnancy -- but a new drug holds promise
Researchers celebrate early results of a drug that may become the first treatment for a serious complication of pregnancy called preeclampsia. It's got the potential to save many lives.
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Pregnancy Outcomes After Second Trimester Pregnancy Loss & Termination for Medical Reasons Before 24 Weeks: A Historical Cohort Study [PASTeL-2] Andrea Woolner, Konstantin Shestopaloff, Alexander Heazell @mcr-sb-research.bsky.social obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @bjog.bsky.social
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Objective To investigate if second trimester pregnancy loss (second trimester miscarriage [STM] or termination for medical reasons [TFMR]) was associated with subsequent adverse pregnancy outcomes. ...
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
University of Leicester honours midwife who used personal heartbreak to improve care of parents of stillborn babies le.ac.uk/news/2026/ja...
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University of Leicester honours midwife who used personal heartbreak to improve care of parents of stillborn babies | News | University of Leicester
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Katherine Eban @katherineeban.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
EXCLUSIVE: In my 1st @rollingstone.com story, internal @hhsofficial.bsky.social emails show how 2 Danish scientists accused of "questionable research practices" got a $1.6 million grant aligned w/ Sec. Kennedy's theories to study HepB vaccine in Guinea-Bissau: rollingstone.com/politics/pol... /1
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HHS Gave a $1.6 Million Grant to a Controversial Vaccine Study. These Emails Show How That Happened
Two Danish researchers faced accusations of “questionable research practices” as RFK Jr.’s top appointees made their study a “funding priority”
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 15/01/2026
BREAKING: The controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau has been *cancelled,* I can now report. A senior official with Africa CDC confirmed the cancellation and said GB officials are working to make sure any research is conducted ethically: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled
$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease
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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
We have the CDC-funded Hepatitis Vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau protocol. It’s worse than you thought. Check it out, first in Inside Medicine… with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others. insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
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Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. “This is another Tuskegee.”
The protocol reveals that the trial will withhold the Hepatitis B birth dose from thousands—without placebos, without universal maternal screening, and with endpoints critics call indefensible.
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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 12/01/2026
Study: Stillbirths may be more common in U.S. than previously known. The fetal death rate is particularly high in Black patients, researchers found.
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Stillbirths May Be More Common in U.S. Than Previously Known—Study
The fetal death rate is particularly high in Black patients, researchers found.
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DC Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Support @dcplids.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
He was attacked on Jan. 6. Can he make sense of it for the kids he teaches? wapo.st/4pplPrm (gift link)
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He was attacked on Jan. 6. Can he make sense of it for the kids he teaches?
Nathan Tate was a D.C. police officer defending the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Now he’s trying to find the lesson in it.
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JAMA @jama.com · 30/12/2025
Perinatal #depression affects about 1 in 7 individuals, with symptoms including impaired attachment and risk of suicide. 💡 This JAMA Insights discusses the most effective pharmacological treatments for individuals experiencing perinatal depression. ja.ma/3KTQkrv
A page from JAMA titled "Pharmacologic Treatment of Perinatal Depression" by Emily S. Miller et al. It discusses the prevalence, risks, and treatment options, including SSRIs, for perinatal depression.
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
'When Anthony Owens lost his first child Arthur shortly before birth, he noticed that women in grief support groups were talkers while men were doers–so, with Féileacáin Fathers, he focused on helping fellow dads remember their babies through physical challenges' www.independent.ie/life/health-...
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Baby loss: ‘I just felt as a dad, I was sort of being ignored after my baby died – and by not talking, I let it happen’
Losing a loved one is always a traumatic experience, but when a parent loses a child, the grief can be immeasurable, regardless of the circumstances or how long they were on this earth for.
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
"Having a miscarriage is an often untold story in women’s health. Now I’m sharing about mine" Essay by Miriam Finder Annenberg edition.cnn.com/2025/12/28/h...
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My miscarriage was an isolating experience until I saw I didn’t have to go through it alone | CNN
Pregnancy loss can be isolating for women, even though up to 20% of pregnancies end in miscarriage. But there is a community of support if you can find it.
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
“I would feel misunderstood and diminished:” Perceived helpfulness of a grief diagnosis among grievers Kara Thieleman, Joanne Cacciatore & Vincent Mangiapane www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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“I would feel misunderstood and diminished:” Perceived helpfulness of a grief diagnosis among grievers
Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) was recently added to DSM-5-TR. However, concerns remain about its applicability in various bereaved subgroups. This study examined views toward a grief-related diagn...
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
The Compounding Burden of Pregnancy Loss: A Longitudinal Analysis of Quality-of-Life Trajectories After Miscarriage Corneliu Bolbocean, Arri Coomarasamy, Leah Fitzsimmons, Rosinder Kaur, Adam Devall www.valueinhealthjournal.com/article/S109...
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The Compounding Burden of Pregnancy Loss: A Longitudinal Analysis of Quality-of-Life Trajectories After Miscarriage
To characterize the trajectory of health-related quality of life, both overall utility and individual EuroQol 5-Dimension 5-Level (EQ-5D-5L) dimensions, over 12 months after miscarriage and assess whe...
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DC Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Support @dcplids.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
From @pulitzercenter.org: The Impact of a Post-Stillbirth Pregnancy on Mental Well-Being pulitzercenter.org/projects/imp...
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The Impact of a Post-Stillbirth Pregnancy on Mental Well-Being
About 21,000 stillbirths occur each year in the United States. Most women who experience such a loss become pregnant again within 12 months. While emotional and psychological challenges, such as grief...
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
An umbrella review of maternal pre-pregnancy characteristics and prior cesarean section as risk factors for stillbirth Hoda Arabzadeh, Amir Mohammad Salehi & Ensiyeh Jenabi link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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An umbrella review of maternal pre-pregnancy characteristics and prior cesarean section as risk factors for stillbirth - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background Stillbirth is the death of a fetus at or after 20 weeks of gestation, making up 60% of perinatal deaths and having significant psychosocial and economic impacts. The present umbrella review...
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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children. Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Twenty Thousand Stillbirths a Year, & No Federal Plan to Prevent Them | For a country that claims to value life, the United States has allowed stillbirth to remain in the shadows of discussions about public health & reproductive justice @msmagazine.com.web.brid.gy msmagazine.com/2025/11/28/b...
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Twenty Thousand Stillbirths a Year, and No Federal Plan to Prevent Them
For a country that claims to value life, the U.S. has allowed stillbirth to remain in the shadows of public health and reproductive justice.
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Network analysis and comparison of psychological distress among women with miscarriage experience Martin Robinson, Martina Galeotti, Gary Mitchell, Mark Tomlinson & Áine Aventin www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Network analysis and comparison of psychological distress among women with miscarriage experience
As many as 15.3% of pregnancies do not end in a live birth meaning miscarriage is among the most common pregnancy complications. This experience is robustly evidenced to be associated with adverse ...
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
🧰 A quick reference guide to our current suite of #PregnancyLoss information resources - all available on the Pregnancy & Infant Loss Ireland Website: www.pregnancyandinfantloss.ie 👁️‍🗨️ More are under development & will be published in 2026 @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @hselive.bsky.social
Tile with information about where various pregnancy loss (ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage and recurrent miscarriage) information booklets, clinical guidelines and multi-lingual videos can be found - each resource is listed, along with a QR code to access it. Details of the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Ireland website at the end (https://pregnancyandinfantloss.ie/) along with logos of the following: National Women and Infants Health Programme, Health Service Executive and the Pregnancy Loss Research Group
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DC Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Support @dcplids.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Not all partners affected by pregnancy loss are men and the resources above are suitable for diverse partners with additional resources for LGBTQ+ relationships here www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/information/...
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Pregnancy loss within the LGBTQIA community - The Miscarriage Association
Pregnancy loss is a really difficult experience, even when you have avenues of support you can lean on. However, for a lot of LGBTQIA people affected by pregnancy loss, the specialist support availabl...
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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
For #InternationalMensDay remembering men affected by pregnancy loss - resources, stories and information here for those that need it www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/your-feeling...
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Resources for Partners - The Miscarriage Association
Information and support for partners of women who have experienced pregnancy loss. Available resources include leaflets and personal stories/films about pregnancy loss.
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Caitlin Kelly @caitlinkelly.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
NEW: In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant. She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency. Then she died. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
📖 Language, Gender and Pregnancy Loss ✍️ @bethmalory.bsky.social 🔓 www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Language, Gender and Pregnancy Loss
Cambridge Core - Sociolinguistics - Language, Gender and Pregnancy Loss
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DC Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Support @dcplids.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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The 51st @51st.news · 13/11/2025
If your electric bill has seemed higher than usual lately, it’s not in your head. Here’s why — and what types of support are available:
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Why are electricity rates so high in D.C.?
A new auction just set the highest power price in nearly a decade. Here’s what that means for Pepco customers in D.C.
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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Remember the complaints about adding back up cameras to cars? "Among children aged under five treated at a level 1 pediatric trauma centre in Texas, the trauma rate before the mandate was approximately 7.2 backovers per year, compared with 2.7 backovers per year after the mandate was implemented"
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Injuries, Deaths in Young Kids Fell After Backup Camera Mandate
Researchers studied the rate at a level 1 pediatric trauma center and in surrounding counties
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DC Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Support @dcplids.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Gift link: New study using data between 2016 and 2022 shows stillbirth occurs 1 in every 147 births, a higher rate than the roughly one in every 175 births reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. wapo.st/3WlRKx3 #stillbirth
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A sweeping study found thousands of stillbirths occur without clear warning signs
A study led by researchers at Harvard and Mass General Brigham shows stark socioeconomic divides and thousands of unexplained losses, even in seemingly healthy pregnancies.
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AUWCL Health Law and Policy Program @auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Join AUWCL’s Health Law & Policy Program for Preventing Stillbirth: Legal, Policy, and Public Health Perspectives on Thurs, Nov 13 from 12–1:30 PM ET (Hybrid). Experts explore stillbirth prevention, legal frameworks, and reproductive justice. Register (Free): tinyurl.com/4xvm6s6b
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