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Pregnancy Loss Research Group
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The Clinical Pregnancy Loss Research Team at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) & the Pregnancy Loss Research Group @ UCC. Shares ≠ endorsement

Website: www.ucc.ie/pregnancyloss
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🧰 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
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
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Empowering women through trauma-informed maternity care: the EMPATHY framework

Joanne Cull, Gill Thomson, Soo Downe, Anastasia Topalidou, Michelle Fine

www.frontiersin.org/journals/glo...
Frontiers | Empowering women through trauma-informed maternity care: the EMPATHY framework
BackgroundAt least one in four women in the UK has experienced trauma, such as sexual abuse or violence, with profound implications for mental and physical h...
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December 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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📖 Undelivered: Fertility, Miscarriage and My Journey To Self Compassion

✍ Laura Doyle

🔗 lauradoyleauthor.com
The book "Undelivered" by Laura Doyle lying on a wooden surface
December 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Parents’ experience of child loss during pregnancy or birth: protocol for an explorative, sequential and participative mixed-methods study

Fritz Sterr, Julian Siepmann, Daniela Nuber-Fischer, Christian Rester, Karsten Gensheimer & Lydia Bauernfeind

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Parents’ experience of child loss during pregnancy or birth: protocol for an explorative, sequential and participative mixed-methods study - Research Involvement and Engagement
Research Involvement and Engagement - Internationally, the rate of child loss during pregnancy or birth remains high. This has not only physical but also psychological implications for the parents....
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December 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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A qualitative study of abortion professionals’ perspectives on doula support

Martha Paynter, Anja McLeod, Clare Heggie, @wvnorman.bsky.social

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
A qualitative study of abortion professionals’ perspectives on doula support
Objective(s) Doulas provide non-clinical support to people in pregnancy, labour and delivery, and, increasingly, to abortion-seekers. Even in contexts of decriminalization and proactive policy efforts...
journals.plos.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Fertility, family planning, pregnancy & motherhood among women doctors...

Sanjana Biju, Caoimhe Madden, Paul O’Connor, Dara Byrne, @niamhhumphries.bsky.social, Grant Jeffrey, Jennifer Finnegan, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Sarah Fitzgibbon, Sinéad Lydon

bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...
Fertility, family planning, pregnancy and motherhood among women doctors working in the EU and UK: a scoping review
Objectives Women doctors face considerable challenges navigating family planning, pregnancy and motherhood. Their experiences can have relevance for health system functioning, including doctor retenti...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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'Abortion Law Reform in Scotland: Lessons for Reproductive Rights Advocates'

Health Law and Ethics Network seminar presented by Dr Lynsey Mitchell & Professor Sally Sheldon

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfaV...
Abortion Law Reform in Scotland: Lessons for Reproductive Rights Advocates
YouTube video by Research @ Melbourne Law School
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December 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Wisconsin, US | Pregnancy Loss Protection Act introduced to prohibit law enforcement officials from investigating pregnancy outcomes and protect women who experience pregnancy loss from criminal liability

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Sen. Kelda Roys Announces Pregnancy Loss Protection Act
 
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December 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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NI | O’Dowd welcomes passing of Deaths, Still-Births and Baby Loss Bill

www.finance-ni.gov.uk/news/odowd-w...
O’Dowd welcomes passing of Deaths, Still-Births and Baby Loss Bill
Finance Minister John O’Dowd has welcomed the Assembly’s support for the Deaths, Still-Births and Baby Loss Bill which passed its Final Stage of the legislative process today.
www.finance-ni.gov.uk
December 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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NI | 'A way to honour our babies and recognise their loss'

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Baby loss: Mum welcomes Northern Ireland's new miscarriage and stillborn certificate
Gemma McGibbon, who has had four miscarriages, says new certificates that acknowledge loss during pregnancy before 24 weeks will "honour those babies". Gemma McGibbon, 3
www.bbc.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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The features of an effective evidence ecosystem (presented by John Lavis) #EvidenceSynthesis #HRBEvidenceForPolicy
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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sharpmelk.bsky.social
A good overview of the findings from the #RapidEvidence Support System Assessment (RESSA) which looked into how to stengthen the evidence support system for health in Ireland #policymaking #HRBEvidenceForPolicy
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD, addressing the Health Research Board National Conference. The Minister spoke about the Government's commitment to support research and the positive impact it has on health & social care services

#advocacy

#patientsafety

#HRBevidenceforpolicy
December 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Exploring school contributors in shaping the educational experiences of adolescent girls during & after pregnancy & perinatal loss

Caroline Lloyd & Ke Ren

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Ping #PLRG_SPRINGproject
Exploring school contributors in shaping the educational experiences of adolescent girls during and after pregnancy and perinatal loss
Published in Irish Educational Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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🆕📄 Maternity staff opinions on perinatal death reviews: Parent involvement & changes to standardising the system

✍️ @emilyoconnor.bsky.social, Aenne Helps, Richard Greene, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Sara Leitao

🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@infantcentreucc.bsky.social
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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🗞️ New research projects in the areas of clinical risk prediction & gestational trophoblastic disease

👋 Officially welcoming Dr Barbara Burke & Dr Aoife Corcoran to the team!

🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

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New research projects in the areas of clinical risk prediction and gestational trophoblastic disease | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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👏 We were blown away by the Junior Obstetrics and Gynaecology Society last week. Congratulations everyone! 👏
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Excited to share my latest, an article I've had in my head for years, Fetal Life Hypocrisies. A brief thread -- papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Fetal Life Hypocrisies
<p><span>Fifty years ago in </span><span>Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court proclaimed and validated the state interest in protecting fetal life. That validation ha
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October 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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'I didn't think it was going to happen to me' - calls for better public awareness of stillbirths

www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

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Calls for better public awareness of stillbirths
A national pregnancy loss group is calling for better public awareness of stillbirths and research into reducing the number that occur in Ireland each year.
www.rte.ie
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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🎙️ Prof @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Anne-Marie Farrell & Mairie Cregan (Féileacáin) spoke with Eithne Dodd @rteradio1.bsky.social about stillbirths & action needed on #EndingPreventableBabyDeaths

🔗 Listen back: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

@hselive.bsky.social @roinnslainte.bsky.social @ucc.ie
Top half of image contains an image of the clip on the RTE Radio 1 website along with a QR code to access it and the # - #EndingPreventableBabyDeaths. Bottom half contains circular profile photos of Prof Keelin O'Donoghue, Anne-Marie Farrell and Mairie Cregan, along with the PLRG and Féileacáin logos
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Malta | Seven-day miscarriage leave measure to take effect in January

Great to see other measures included also - psychological support, early pregnancy units, leave in cases of stillbirths

www.independent.com.mt/articles/202...

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Seven-day miscarriage leave measure to take effect in January - The Malta Independent
The Parliamentary Secretary for Social Dialogue, Andy Ellul, on Saturday announced a package of social measures intended to support families, particularly prospective parents who experience a
www.independent.com.mt
November 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Malta | Women who miscarry & their partners will be granted seven days of paid work leave covered by the government as of January 1 next year

timesofmalta.com/article/misc...

#PLRG_PLACESproject
Miscarriage, bereavement leave to come into force from January 1
Legal amendment will grant mothers who deliver stillborn baby full maternity leave
timesofmalta.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Implementing a change process to support respectful communication in newborn units in Kenya: A qualitative study

Mwanamvua Boga, Peris Musitia, Dorothy Oluoch, Dyuti Sen, Hiza Dayo, Ane Haaland, Lisa Hinton, Jacinta Nzinga, Mike English, Sassy Molyneux

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Implementing a change process to support respectful communication in newborn units in Kenya: A qualitative study
In contexts of high workloads, resource shortages, and environmental inadequacies, neonatal nurses in many low- and middle-income countries face high …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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🗞️ Congratulations to PLRG members on best poster award at #JOGS2025 - work led by Dr Sophie Boyd & presented by Dr Anthony Sheppard: Post early medical abortion complications in secondary care

🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

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Congratulations to PLRG members on best poster award at JOGS 2025 | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
www.ucc.ie
November 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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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

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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.
msmagazine.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Infertility affects 1 in 6 people — yet too many face stigma, high costs, or no care at all.

WHO & HRP just released the first-ever global guideline on infertility — a roadmap to make fertility care safer, fairer and within reach for everyone https://bit.ly/4ol6cka

#HealthForAll #HopefulFutures
Illustration showing a couple in a fertility clinic waiting area with text highlighting that 1 in 6 people of reproductive age face infertility and struggle to access affordable care.
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM