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 Related sites: https://linktr.ee/pregnancylossresearchgroup
One year after the launch of the Pregnancy Loss & the Workplace Toolkit, employers are putting the research into practice. We're encouraging more organisations to do the same. www.infantcentre.ie/2026/10/12/p... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @ucc.ie #PLRG_PLACESproject
Pregnancy loss workplace support
One year after the launch of the Pregnancy Loss & the Workplace Toolkit, employers are putting the research into practice.
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Over 120 people from across the country took part in our PLRG Teardrop Study Day which was held on 09 October 2026, showcasing our research & related activities across all forms of pregnancy endings Read more: www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @hselive.bsky.social
Cell-Free Fetal DNA Testing for Single Gene Conditions (Scientific Impact Paper No. 80) F. Mone, M. Holder-Espinasse, N. J. Chandler, M. D. Kilby, N. Vora, S. Allen, on behalf of the @thercog.bsky.social obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @bjog.bsky.social
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The DNA code represents a genetic instruction as to how the human body develops and works. A ‘spelling mistake’ in the DNA code of the developing fetus can lead to a single gene condition. Examples o...
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Professor @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social will speak about "Research to impact–making a difference in early pregnancy research" at the upcoming Association of Early Pregnancy Units Annual Scientific Meeting in Liverpool aepu.org.uk/2026-confere... There's still time to register - join us @ #AEPU026!
A Birth, a Death: The Grief Experiences of Mothers Who Lose One of Their Twins after Birth Esra Kilic Ceyhan, Cicek Nilsu Varliklar Demirkazik, and Sukran Kolay CepniV journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
A Birth, a Death: The Grief Experiences of Mothers Who Lose One of Their Twins after Birth - Esra Kilic Ceyhan, Cicek Nilsu Varliklar Demirkazik, Sukran Kolay Cepni, 2026
This study explores the unique grief experiences of mothers who have lost one of their babies after a twin pregnancy. It aims to provide an in-depth understandi...
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Abstract submissions are now open for the European Implementation Event 2027! CIRcUL is honoured to co-host the event alongside Queen's University Belfast, University College Cork and the European Implementation Collaborative. implementation.eu/event/europe... @implementeic.bsky.social #ImpSci
The role of Coroners in perinatal death investigation in high-income countries: a scoping review Varsha Shetty, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Mary Donnelly, Sara Leitao doi.org/10.1515/jpm-...
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#GLOW2026 is bringing parents, health workers, researchers & funders into one room to act on what we know when it comes to ending preventable stillbirths Join us in turning evidence into action ✊ @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @isastillbirth.bsky.social #EndingPreventableBabyDeaths
'I’m so sorry, there’s no heartbeat' — Fathers’ grief after baby loss needs to be acknowledged Lewis King @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...
'I’m so sorry, there’s no heartbeat' — Fathers’ grief after baby loss needs to be acknowledged
After his son Freddie was stillborn in 2023, university lecturer Lewis King found himself trying to understand not only his own heartache, but also the experiences of other dads facing similar grief. ...
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An important ruling, & issue we discuss in our #PLRG_PLACESproject report www.rte.ie/news/2026/10... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @maritahennessy.bsky.social
Bar worker who miscarried paid €25k for unfair dismissal
A Galway hospitality firm which dismissed a manager just 11 days after she suffered a miscarriage, before trying to claim that maternity protection law didn't apply since she wasn't pregnant any longe...
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Navigating stillbirth in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of maternal experiences Niken Bayu Argaheni, Tomasina Stacey, Billie Lever Taylor www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Planned egg freezing over 15 years: return to treatment & success rates in Australia & NZ Oisin Fitzgerald, Elena Keller, Devora Lieberman, Michelle Peate, Damian Kotevski, Repon Paul, Iolanda Rodino, Anna Parle, Karin Hammarberg, Tessa Copp, Georgina Chambers academic.oup.com/humrep/advan...
Planned egg freezing over 15 years: return to treatment and success rates in Australia and New Zealand
AbstractSTUDY QUESTION. What are the characteristics and treatment outcomes of women who undertook planned egg freezing (PEF) in Australia and New Zealand
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Why fertility is an issue hiding in plain sight in your workplace By Marian Crowley-Henry @maynoothuniversity.ie @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why fertility is an issue hiding in plain sight in your workplace
Fertility treatment remains something many employees feel they have to hide from the people they work with every day
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Professor @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, @caroline-oconnor.bsky.social & @maritahennessy.bsky.social recently attended the @isqua.org Conference in Dublin & presented a range of research on behalf of the Group www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... @roinnslainte.bsky.social @hselive.bsky.social #ISQua2026
PLRG at ISQua’s International Conference 2026 | 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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A woman whose baby was too ill to be born is calling for better awareness of choosing a termination for medical reasons. www.bbc.com/news/article... @arcantenatal.bsky.social
Hampshire woman wants to break silence on medical terminations
Rosanna Brown was advised to end her pregnancy because her baby had a life-threatening condition.
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As Baby Loss Awareness Week is about to begin, read about some of the activities we will be engaging in as part of our ongoing efforts to effect change in policy & practice around all forms of pregnancy endings www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social
Baby Loss Awareness Week 2026 | 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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Fertility, fertility treatments, misinformation & critical health/reproductive health literacy are key areas in our #PLRG_SPRINGproject programme currently being piloted in several secondary schools across in Ireland www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... @lauralinehan.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social
SPRING | 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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Pregnancy Loss Research Group@pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 5d agoExperts raise alarm over 'dangerous' fertility add-ons in Ireland www.rte.ie/news/investi... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @lauralinehan.bsky.social @roinnslainte.bsky.social #FertilityUncovered tonight @ 9.35pm on @rte.ie 1
Experts raise alarm over 'dangerous' fertility add-ons in Ireland www.rte.ie/news/investi... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @lauralinehan.bsky.social @roinnslainte.bsky.social #FertilityUncovered tonight @ 9.35pm on @rte.ie 1
Experts raise alarm over 'dangerous' fertility add-ons in Ireland
Many people undergoing fertility treatment are being offered additional procedures that promise to improve their chances of having a baby
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Set up, structure and best practice standards for a perinatal autopsy service: the Australian experience Lynette Moore, Jacquelene Collett, Bligh Berry, Diane Payton, Admire Matsika, David Ellwood, Vanessa Cameron, Vanessa White, Jane Dahlstrom www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Compassionate Communication During Early Pregnancy Loss: Using Forum Theatre to Train Emergency Medicine Residents Maria Brann, Jennifer Bute, Kelsey Binion, Emilio Robles, Andreia Alexander, Malia Moore onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Compassionate Communication During Early Pregnancy Loss: Using Forum Theatre to Train Emergency Medicine Residents
Background Compassionate communication is a critical skill when caring for patients experiencing early pregnancy loss (EPL) in the emergency department; however, medical learners often have limited ...
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Here’s the first of a series of 10 blogs we’re doing this week for #SafeAbortionDay #Sept28 To call for more legal witnessing of soft law barriers to abortion care and challenge harmful exclusions and unworkable time limits dflw.ie/witnessing-l... Time to address failed EMA up against 12 weeks!
Witnessing legal implementation after #repealedthe8th: Soft law and the curious case of discontinuous care after a failed early medical abortion - Doing Feminist Legal Work
“It was like an epiphany. We just felt a weight lifted off us to know that there was even an option. They told me someone local to me where I could go and
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Some thoughts on: weird fixation on foetuses and the implicit logic of legally compelling women to "take time to think"
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · last wk.Clare Moriarty: As a religious teen, I was against abortion. But even I could see the flaws in the logic
Exploring women’s views & experiences of language barriers in high income maternity care settings: a qualitative systematic review & thematic synthesis Eleanor Molloy, Sophie Dann, Fiona Cross-Sudworth, Amy Delicate, Agiya Tadros, Sarah Bicknell, et al link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Exploring women’s views and experiences of language barriers in high income maternity care settings: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis - International Journal for Equity in Health
Background In high-income countries (HIC), an increasing number of women giving birth require support to communicate in the host-country language. Interpreter services and translated resources should ...
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Early Pregnancy Loss Coalition Conference 2027 Wed 28 April 2027, 9:00-17:00 Melbourne Abstract deadline: 11:59pm Thurs 3 Dec 2026 eplc.au/events/eplc-... @yodaberg.bsky.social @niamhhj.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social
Early Pregnancy Loss Coalition Conference 2027 — Early Pregnancy Loss Coalition
The inaugural EPLC Conference will take place in April 2027 in Melbourne, Australia. This year’s theme is Collaborating for Change: Building Better Early Pregnancy Loss Care.
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Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Care Team Perspectives on Managing Fertility Patients Experiencing Pregnancy Loss: A Qualitative Study Jacklyn Main Petlicki, Samantha Schon, Charisse Loder, Norman Gill www.rbmojournal.com/article/S147...
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Care Team Perspectives on Managing Fertility Patients Experiencing Pregnancy Loss: A Qualitative Study
In the United States, approximately 41.6% of pregnancies are unintended (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2023), yet approximately 12% of women report difficulty achieving pregnancy (Öztürk...
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Psychological experiences of midwives during their first involvement in care following intrauterine foetal death: A mixed methods study in Japan Nana Takenaka & Eliko Otsuki doi.org/10.1016/j.mi...
UK | Employment leave for pregnancy loss is a step forward — but support must reflect the diversity of pregnancy endings Susie Kilshaw & Victoria Browne @miscarriageproject.bsky.social theconversation.com/employment-l... #PLRG_PLACESproject
Employment leave for pregnancy loss is a step forward — but support must reflect the diversity of pregnancy endings
As of April 2027, the entitlement will be extended to ‘all types of pregnancy loss’ that occur before 24 weeks.
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Using an evidence-informed co-design approach to develop a mechanism to measure experiences of the open disclosure process: an Irish case study academic.oup.com/intqhc/artic...
Using an evidence-informed co-design approach to develop a mechanism to measure experiences of the open disclosure process: an Irish case study
AbstractIntroduction. Open disclosure (OD) is an open discussion with a patient and/or family member about an incident(s) that resulted in harm to that pat
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![As I‘ve swerved around these men on my way to appointments in Holles Street, I’ve wondered whether they also pray at Tuam or Bessborough, or the many sites across Ireland where spiritual and physical harms to very real children were committed.
I think of Matthew 6:6 and wonder why they’re there are all: “[W]hen you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” This discretion is contrasted with “hypocrites” who love praying on, you guessed it, “street corners”. Why, one wonders, do these men focus their biblically contraindicated prayer where they do? Is it because of a welfare concern, or because they dislike women exercising agency over their sexual and reproductive lives?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:upap75uizgsqltqsigiqkus4/bafkreihgxsumpsexjzgp4ldkgoe24jdehypx3uqikdqnm7hc73i3hnos64)
![But even in my religious days, I appreciated that the modern Catholic account of personhood was a bit untethered from the more obvious priorities issued in the Bible. In Exodus 21, my Bible said “Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death” and then “When men strive together and hurt a woman with child, so that there is a miscarriage, and yet no harm follows, the one who hurt her shall be fined, according as the woman’s husband shall lay upon him. If any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth (...)”. I’m no biblical scholar, but it seemed there was plenty of scope to think that the “ordinances set before [us]” suggest that causing the end of a pregnancy is morally and forensically very different from killing a fully developed person.
When my thinking changed and I realised that I no longer believed, my respect for sensible religious autonomy didn’t change. If someone believes their blastocyst or foetus is a complete moral being, they should be allowed to make decisions about their body on that basis. Beyond that, men should get off that corner, and the Government should trust us to manage mature reflection without being legally compelled.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:upap75uizgsqltqsigiqkus4/bafkreihubcn6ybtjynvw4tbkfqvnsujfeiowruk4sk2a52pz5yiajqqtnu)