Chrissy Teigen pregnancy news: I had a ‘missed miscarriage’ and kept asking myself one question – how had I not noticed?
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Missed miscarriage, also known as silent miscarriage, is defined as a pregnancy in which the foetus ceases to develop during the early stages of pregnancy – but the mother’s body does not recognise the pregnancy loss right away. The routine checks and tests were carried out at various locations across Manchester as clinics battled against mounting delays and abrupt closures due to confirmed or suspected cases of Covid-19 amongst patients and staff. Websites such as Miscarriage Association and Mumsnet offered us safe spaces to discuss our experience of pregnancy loss without encountering well-meaning, but deeply problematic, “toxic positivity”; or the lingering sense of taboo that still persists around miscarriage.