Miscarriages are still a taboo topic today. In view of this loneliness and the important psychological consequences that derive from it, an association, AGAPA, offers listening and support in order to free oneself from this unspoken.
There is a lack of empathy and support on the part of the medical profession towards patients who are victims of miscarriages. Professor Thierry HARVEY, head of the maternity department of the Deaconesses in Paris, talks about the lack of training and the problems of staffing in hospitals. Moreover, the loneliness of women who have miscarried and the taboo about this phenomenon do not allow us to mourn this trauma.
Hélène LEGRAND, gynecologist, and Micheline GAREL, psychologist at INSERM, authors of "The lost pregnancy", came to talk about miscarriages. They emphasize the psychological consequences and the importance of being accompanied.
Experts gathered in Toulouse to appeal to local maternity and elected officials to treat stillborn children with greater dignity. Indeed, parents who lose a child a few months pregnant, need to talk about this loss as a real death.
A woman talks about the difficulties she encountered following a miscarriage. She was strongly marked by the lack of empathy from the doctors who examined her.