Miscarriage, The Silent Grief (2023) - work in progress
“Miscarriage is not a linear journey and there are a lot of ups and downs on the way. After my miscarriage my mental health was the worst it’s ever been in my life and I really struggled with this. I started to feel things I’d never felt before like a complete lack of control of my mind and body and I felt like there just wasn’t enough help or information out there for me to really understand why I was feeling the way I was. So I went through therapy and got some help because I just couldn’t get out of the cycle of feeling very low, worthless, hormonal and paranoid of my symptoms.
I think miscarriage is such an individual experience, especially for a woman because you feel it both physically and emotionally. But even though it was such a personal thing to go through, I found a lot of strength and solace in speaking to my friends who had either been though the same experience or knew someone who had. Coming together like this as women, gave me what I needed to keep moving forward and to know that there was light at the end of the tunnel.
The narrative around miscarriage is evolving and I do see the different conversations that are happening between different generations. But the conversation needs to go even further so it becomes the norm to talk about something like this, because so many people experience it. Women need to feel supported in the language surrounding miscarriage so it’s not negative and women don’t end up feeling isolated and like this the miscarriage was their fault. In such difficult times, what women need is to feel lifted by others, mentally and physically.”- Anna, self-employed. Missed miscarriage at 6 weeks.
