EP09: Miscarriage and our mental health

Exploring some of the mental health issues triggered by miscarriage.

I am joined by Professor Arri Coomarasamy, Director of the Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research (03:31) Rev. Joy Van Staalduinen from the Love and Loss podcast (10:12) and Nicola from @Miscarriage_Afterlife (22:12).

Featuring clips from the Channel 5 documentary Miscarriage: Our Story with thoughts from Izzy Judd (33:55); Anna Whitehouse (34:41); Lacey Turner (36:02) and Jane Danson (36:39).

There may be triggers with the topics discussed including PTSD; depression; anxiety and self-harm.  There’s links to help available via www.tryingagainpodcast.com

• Featured music: purple-planet.com
• The theme song is Small Bump by Ed Sheeran
• Miscarriage: Our Story aired on Channel 5 on the 15 October 2020 and was an ITV Studios production for Channel 5. At the time of release for this episode, the documentary is available on Channel 5’s streaming service, My5.TV.

Hosted, produced and edited by Rachael Smith.

On social @TryingAgainPod.