If you are a British Citizen please sign this one too.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/639108/sponsors/new?token=RauUfHSRHaeSDO2UeISg

Miscarriage is more common than you think. You probably know of someone who has had one. But hospitals and medical facilities need to do more to help those who may be triggered when in a maternity setting. 

I myself have experienced 3 back to back miscarriages with my last one needing medical support. When I went to hospital, I was put in a waiting room in EPU with a number of other women who were all sat waiting with their maternity notes and baby bumps for their scan, waiting to see their bundle of joy wriggling around. I was waiting to have sure confirmation that my babies had died, something that I knew anyway. 

Fast forward 6 months and I’m back in hospital at the antenatal assessment unit. Sat in a waiting room are couples where women have their maternity notes at hand, rubbing their blossoming bellies, waiting for scans and blood tests. Me? I’m there for recurrent miscarriage blood tests do my investigations as to why I can’t stay pregnant . The only seat available is one sat between two expectant mothers.

As if having bloods taken  isn’t enough to cause anxiety, but being surrounded by people who are pregnant when you have gone through loss makes it so much worse. I felt isolated, afraid, lonely and like the only one who was there for non-joyous reasons. The tears welled up and before I knew it I was a broken mess. I walked to the reception desk, unable to speak through the tears and panic and handed her my referral letter, hoping she would understand. Within seconds, she gets it, apologies, and finds me a side room, which was more like a broom cupboard to wait in. The door is closed and I’m waiting. Alone. 

I cannot fault the staff at the hospital; they were all supportive. But the systems in place are not. 

This kind of experience is unnecessary. 

I am petitioning that in all hospitals and medical places such as GP practices , there is a dedicated, welcoming, safe space, called the Angel Area, for those experiencing or have experience of miscarriage or baby loss. There needs to be sensitivity surrounding the subject of miscarriage and baby loss. Women who have had to give birth to a dead child should not be put in the same ward as those who have birthed a live one. 

Please join Angel Area for a virtual safe space. 

LETS MAKE THIS HAPPEN