How to Help Someone After a Miscarriage: A Practical Handbook

It is heartbreaking to learn that your loved one has experienced a miscarriage or molar or ectopic pregnancy. Be it a friend, child or your own partner, it can be hard to know what to say, or how best you can help.

Should you mention the baby or avoid all topics that relate to children? How can you be there for your partner as they grieve, while dealing with your own emotions? What if you’re pregnant and it's your best friend that has experienced a loss? What if you say the wrong thing?

This accessible guide provides evidence-based advice on supporting someone after a miscarriage, ectopic or molar pregnancy. Clare Foster draws upon her personal experience and that of other women and partners, as well as extensive research, to provide you with the knowledge and practical advice you need to help your loved one.

The National Director of the Miscarriage Association, Ruth Bender-Atik, has writtena foreword.

Clare Foster is an award-winning writer who has worked with the Miscarriage Association for eight years, authoring their popular Supporting Someone You Know publication. She has personal experience of miscarriage and is passionate about opening up the conversation around baby loss, and sharing couples' experiences in order to help others feel less alone.