DC Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Support

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.

"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...

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.

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

OBGYN 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. ...

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

University of Leicester honours midwife who used personal heartbreak to improve care of parents of stillborn babies | News | University of Leicester

University of Leicester honours midwife who used personal heartbreak to improve care of parents of stillborn babies

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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”

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

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

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...

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.

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-...

Stillbirths May Be More Common in U.S. Than Previously Known—Study The fetal death rate is particularly high in Black patients, researchers found.

Study: Stillbirths may be more common in U.S. than previously known. The fetal death rate is particularly high in Black patients, researchers found.

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.

He was attacked on Jan. 6. Can he make sense of it for the kids he teaches? wapo.st/4pplPrm (gift link)

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.

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

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.

'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-...

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.

"Having a miscarriage is an often untold story in women’s health. Now I’m sharing about mine"

Essay by Miriam Finder Annenberg

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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...

“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....

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...

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...

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...

From @pulitzercenter.org: The Impact of a Post-Stillbirth Pregnancy on Mental Well-Being pulitzercenter.org/projects/imp...

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...

An umbrella review of maternal pre-pregnancy characteristics and prior cesarean section as risk factors for stillbirth

Hoda Arabzadeh, Amir Mohammad Salehi & Ensiyeh Jenabi

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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

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.

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

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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 ...

Network analysis and comparison of psychological distress among women with miscarriage experience

Martin Robinson, Martina Galeotti, Gary Mitchell, Mark Tomlinson & Áine Aventin

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Rules of Attraction brought it back in early 2000s too if I recall. That movie had a great soundtrack.

Ah! I love this song!

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

🧰 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

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

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...

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...

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/...

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.

For #InternationalMensDay remembering men affected by pregnancy loss - resources, stories and information here for those that need it www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/your-feeling...

“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.

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...

Language, Gender and Pregnancy Loss Cambridge Core - Sociolinguistics - Language, Gender and Pregnancy Loss

📖 Language, Gender and Pregnancy Loss

✍️ @bethmalory.bsky.social

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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.

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: