Ontario's healthcare system lacks support for women experiencing mental symptoms following a miscarriage, which one researcher says are often undiagnosed and minimized on average.
“We found out baby would be due in June, and then a week later, I experienced some bleeding, and it led to the horrific path it led to,” Pinelli says.
“I think my whole world just came crashing down again because it was so back and forth with doctors on what was happening with me… I couldn’t wrap my mind around it,” Pinelli recalls.Despite her already having two children, she says she has struggled to return to daily life after the loss, and the fears it could happen again — especially when she sees other people’s pregnancy announcements.
“What’s also interesting is that this can go on for even six to 12 months after the miscarriage, so this is quite profound. There’s quite a profound impact on the mental wellness of women undergoing miscarriage,” Tunde-Byass said.“It’s not just the medical, but the emotional aspect, which is the PTSD, the anxiety and also the depression. So our focus should also look at that miscarriage from that lens, too,” Tunde-Byass notes.
Julia Gartland, 34, is a mother of two from Kingston, Ont., and says when she was miscarrying her second pregnancy on Mother’s Day in 2020, she felt a lack of support.When she started to lose the pregnancy four months in, she went through almost two months of bleeding trying to pass pregnancy before doctors would surgically intervene to remove it.
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