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.

@MmeLindor

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.

Hi Mme Lindor,

It's Elen, not Elinor, here. Yep, there are two of us now :-p

The campaign is running Monday- Saturday, culminating on Saturday 15th, which is Miscarriage Remembrance Day.

Glad you like the badge.

Look out for our MN page about the bloghop, with links to various different blogposts and a link to the hop on Mme Lindor's blog. Thanks so much again for all your support with this important campaign.

Plus it isn't really in the British mentality to complain. We Brits don't like to make a fuss. A lot of women during miscarriage feel guilty too.

The other day my mum was going on and on about how good the local GP is with my gran. I can't believe people have to be surprised when things go well on the NHS. So they should be good with a 90 year old woman FFS.

Whooops, sorry Elen. I did think that I had done something wrong but I was posting from iPhone and was too lazy to go back and check the name.

Are you only allowed to work on the BN if your name begins with El... ?

Yes, Petite. The good old British "Musn't grumble". I laugh at my mum sometimes when she praises stuff that should actually be a normal every day occurrence.

El, Ei, Eg... we're fairly flexible about these things.

OK, here's the latest - we've curated your blogposts in page called The Bloghop for Better Miscarriage Care

It was really hard but I really needed to do this - here's my story fivekidsandcounting.blogspot.com/2011/10/mumsnet-better-miscarriage-care.html
I hope this campaign is a massive success and well done to everyone who has told their story I know how difficult it is :)

Thanks, Mummybiz. We have 23 posts on the bloghop - that is really fab. I had reckoned with maybe 10 or 12.

Really pleased to see that some non-MN bloggers are taking part.

Last two guest posts are up today.

My Silent Miscarriages

and Kirsty Praises in which I defend the NHS

We have had 24 posts from bloggers and guest posters. If anyone wishes to add to that, keep using the bloghop code. I know that I have seen a lot of hits going back and forth between my blog and other blogs.

finally done it

sorry for being thick but can you explain how I do the linky and badge? Thanks

Oh, well done. Very good post, different to some of detailed posts but just as powerful.

When you scroll down to the end of my blog post here

It says, "You are next. Click here"

Click :)

Just follow the instructions - add the link to your blog post, your email and name, chose which photo and you are done.

Then you can take the code. Click on "Get code" and c&p the code.

You need to go into html mode to paste it onto your post.

If you cannot get it to work, simply link to my blog post and your readers can go from there.

I wasn't too sure about it but so long as it helps. I think I've done the link ok but it's on my iPhone do who knows?! Thanks for hosting this.

Thanks Witchit. It is like a snowball, I think. With every extra link, the snowball gathers speed and strength.

I'm doing a final post today. My guest post on Monday is now the third most popular post of my blog, of all time - hopefully everyone that clicked thinks about the campaign. Today's post is (or will be when I have finished it) a collection of quotes from discussions with friends I have had this week. And another link to the campaign of course.

Here it is

Thank you, Toomuchtea, and to all the bloggers who have joined in.

Another two blog posts went up today, bringing us up to 31 posts.

Here

Yes thank you MmeL I think it has been really successful

Very late to the show I know but better late than never I say!

I have posted & asked for support with the campaign -

mdplife.blogspot.com/2011/10/sadly-so-many-of-us-have-miscarried.html

Mich x

i have been thinking about the choices we have as women when we lose our babies whether through miscarriage,still birth or health reasons. i would like to know if we have a choice, do we have to stay in a maternity ward or can we choose to move to a general ward with after-care facilities. do you think we should have a choice, i do. i think its cruel to keep women who have lost their child from birth or other circumstances that they feel they have no choice but to stay on a maturnity ward. i think its time to change this and give us a choice. also berevment is something we all suffer with our loss, we need more support.

i run a mums group were on facebook. mums supporting mums mumssupportingmums.weebly.com/
i will be contacting my local mp to hear her veiws on the subject.