'You have this horrendous feeling of loss': Women highlight lack of understanding surrounding miscarriage

National Women's Health Survey 2025: The medical response in Ireland to the loss of a pregnancy has not always been compassionate — and that lack of understanding compounds the pain, four women who have experienced it tell Breda Graham

L-R: Jihane Petticrewe; Naomi Collins

Jihane Petticrewe, 43, Cavan

Petticrewe had a miscarriage at 31. She recalls the emotional and physical pain and the lack of support from the healthcare system.