New Blog Posts - Miscarriage Campaign - from 10th October 2011

[MmeLindor.]

I thought it would be better to move the miscarriage topic off the normal blog posts for this week - so that those who feel that they don't want to think or read about this topic can hide this thread.

I am fully aware that some people feel this way, I did too for a long time.

So, this will be the thread for posting links to your blog. If you haven't seen it, here is the kick off post

Tomorrow I will write a post and link it here. Could you do the same please, and add your post to the linky thing on my blog.

You can take the code and add a link thing to your blog too. This is particularly good on Blogger blogs, and you can see them on the blog itself.

Hi everyone

Just finshed my post - feel drained, but it was also helpful to write it down.

Lost but never forgotten

Am off to read the others now xx

iloveblue
Oh, that picture. So sad.

Thanks for linking up.

Here's my post babyrambles.blogspot.com/2011/10/mumsnet-campaign-for-better-miscarriage.html

I couldn't work out the blog hop and think I've added this twice

In the space of five months, mine and my partner's family lost 5 babies through miscarriage. One of them was ours

smilesweetlyandnod.blogspot.com/2011/10/m-miscarriage.html

A fantastic campaign!

whistlejacket
Good post. Have deleted the extra link.

oh, Frances. I want to give you a big hug.

I know it is not done on MN but I want to gather you all up and give you a big hug.

In the space of 5 months, between mine and my partner's family, we lost 5 babies through miscarriages - one of them was ours.

smilesweetlyandnod.blogspot.com/2011/10/m-miscarriage.html

Just reposted as I bodged up the link before.

Thank you MmeLindor

I have uploaded a post and hopefully added to mmel's blog hop correctly

I'm having a very sad day toomuchtea. Not just from my own story but from reading everyone else's.

Hugs to all of us who have been through this, whether your experience was good or bad on the medical side.

I am opening a bottle of wine and relaxing on the couch. It has been hard to read the posts of those affected, but also good to get it out there.

Fucking hell, but there are some shocking stories.

My mum reminded me of something that I had forgotten, and it made me quite sad and also angry that the bitch of a doctor was so unfeeling.

Anyhow, thanks all for posting your stories. I still have three guest posts coming up this week. Or perhaps I will combine them.

I've just had some Ben & Jerry's and am about to entertain myself with Panorama and the corruption of the BNP!

This is the post I wrote today. It actually may give you something a little more hopeful to read. I've written before on the blog about the actual miscarriages, but today I wanted to write a post for some of the brilliant people in the NHS that I did encounter throughout it all.

mummylimited.blogspot.com/2011/10/miscarriage-care-right-way-mostly.html

Mummylimited
Just read your post, it is very good.

Toomuchtea thank you for that comment. I was worried about writing it in that way as I didn't want to sound as if I was boasting (though who would boast about a miscarriage?) I decided to post it as it is though as I wanted to show that there is no excuse for things being the way they are in the UK.

In France and Luxembourg there are debt issues partly to do with the cost of the health systems. But they get it right in every way. I have only once had anything to complain about over here (the midwives after I gave birth) , in either country, and it really does make handling being ill and the recovery so much easier. Even the hospital food is better. It is true that things are more medicalised, less natural, but what price peace of mind?

So sod the public spending - cuts can and should be made elsewhere, but the nation's health and wellbeing is the most important thing any government should look after. And the public should be able to trust their healthcare providers to do what is best for them.

I feel a rant coming on.

I have posted a guest post this morning. here

and am linking to the original bloghop so that we keep gathering more and more posts.

The response has been great, I hope you guys have had a lot of hits too. It certainly feels like the campaign is gathering speed.

Yes I had more hits yesterday than usual too. Hope the hits translate into people being more aware.

@MmeLindor

What do you lot think about having a badge for the campaign? That would link to the info page on MN. Will ask MNHQ if they can make us one.

Hi bloggers,

Thanks for all your honesty and support for the campaign; your posts have been so moving. Keep your eyes peeled for a page on the network tomorrow curating the blogposts for the Mumsnet Campaign for Better Miscarriage Carepage.

A button might take a while to organise, but we have the campaign's logo at the ready if anyone wants it to attach to their blogposts. Tweet @MumsnetBloggers or email us at [email protected] if you'd like the logo and I'll email it to you ASAP.

Toomuchtea
Yes, been wondering if there is a point where I should not post any more. I still have two guest blog posts, so might do something non-campaign related, then one on Friday and one at the weekend.

I don't want to turn people off the campaign by going on and on about it, if you see what I mean.

Elinor
The campaign badge is great, have added it. I don't think we need a separate badge.

We now have 19 blog posts - some of them not MN Bloggers.

Toomuchtea I love your site. I recently bought the 'Jill' books on ebay and re-read them at the end of my pregnancy. Can't wait til DD is old enough. I'm already brainwashing her by taking her to the village stables every weekend. She's six months and already loves horses. Yay.

I'm blogging on different stuff during this week and then on Friday will do something on miscarriage again. Maybe a selection of quotes from the other blogs and a copy of the MN code, or something like that. Or a review of what has been said in the press.

Good idea. I have blogged about how to download Glee on US iTunes store today, so something completely non-campaigny.

That sounds like a good plan, Petite. I will do another blog post tomorrow or Friday.

My guess is that when a woman is in the middle of the miscarriage, and its aftermath, that she is unlikely to have the emotional strength to wish to complain about it. And later, many don't wish to revisit the pain so shut it away.