Global News: "‘Pushed aside’: Canadian moms call for better miscarriage support"
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Matthew Tierney
In Global News, Modupe Tunde-Byass, associate professor of obstetrics and gynaecology and an ob-gyn at North York General Hospital, talks about the mental mental symptoms of miscarriage, which often go undiagnosed or minimized.
“It’s not just the medical, but the emotional aspect, which is the PTSD, the anxiety and also the depression. So our focus should also look at that miscarriage from that lens, too,” Tunde-Byass says.
A recent study found that one in three women who have miscarriages will have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 24 per cent will have moderate to severe anxiety, and nearly one in 10 will have severe depression within one month after their loss.
Tunde-Byass says that miscarriages are a common condition that deserves more discussion, which will help remove the stigma. She suggest that doctors look for more than the physical, medical effects that accompany miscarriages.
