https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:45:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/article-miscarriageectopic-ptsd#post-2908500 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:19:53 +0000 MrsJBeeG 2908500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bhbee: thanks for sharing this article. I definitely struggled after my last loss. I think I’m doing well (besides anxiety that a seemingly healthy pregnancy brings after losses). I do wish more resources and talking about this was more common. It’s a reason why I’ve decided to be open about having losses with others. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/article-miscarriageectopic-ptsd#post-2908498 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:04:28 +0000 DesertDreams88 2908498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took me years to realize I had PTSD / anxiety from my 2014-2015 school year. </p> <p>August: School admin changed - lost 2 mentors and direct coworker, new horrible AP in charge of school "turnaround" improvement plan<br /> September: classroom flooded and had to teach in a partitioned library for 5-6 weeks<br /> October: Drawn-out miscarriage: bad betas, bleeding, inconclusive ultrasounds, suspected ectopic....<br /> November: incomplete miscarriage, Dr sent us to ER, had to take misoprotol to finish things off<br /> December: Grandma was hospitalized due to cancer's progression, Christmas plans derailed<br /> January: Grandma died<br /> March: Funeral and diagnosis with PCOS<br /> April: Diagnosis of husband's low sperm morphology</p> <p>So when I got pregnant in May, I felt that danger and calamity was basically lurking around every corner, every new day. It was a cumulative effect. I don't blame just the miscarriage, but especially how drawn out it was and then everything else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/article-miscarriageectopic-ptsd#post-2908495 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:31:12 +0000 LCTBQE 2908495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@karenbme: @skinnycow: :heart: :heart: :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/article-miscarriageectopic-ptsd#post-2908484 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 22:38:11 +0000 skinnycow 2908484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for posting. I’m pretty sure I had PTSD/anxiety after my loss. I can relate to the detachment from family/friends as well. I was in a really bad place for a year after my loss and could’ve used some help/support. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/article-miscarriageectopic-ptsd#post-2908483 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 22:04:12 +0000 karenbme 2908483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can totally relate to this. After my first loss I went to a very dark place for the better part of a year. My first successful pregnancy was my fourth, and I absolutely experienced post traumatic stress and had one foot in and one foot out the entire time to protect my heart. DD was born 5 weeks early and on our second day in the NICU, when everyone was trying to explain that the complications that put her there weren’t that bad, all I could hear is “your baby’s heart rate is dropping and we need to keep her here because bringing her home could be dangerous.” I don’t know how many times I said, sobbing, to nurses and residents and even the attending physician that she is our fourth baby, and I need to know she’s going to make it. </p> <p>Pregnancy loss is trauma, no matter how early it happens. It’s crazy, as the article points out, that there’s no built in support in the management of loss. I needed help, but when you really need the help you also have the least ability to go out and find it, which is why screening and referrals are so important. If you’re in it now, I’m sorry, you’re not alone, you will get through it, therapy can help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/article-miscarriageectopic-ptsd#post-2908469 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 16:45:27 +0000 bhbee 2908469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="https://people.com/health/women-miscarriage-ectopic-pregnancy-may-develop-long-term-ptsd/" rel="nofollow">https://people.com/health/women-miscarriage-ectopic-pregnancy-may-develop-long-term-ptsd/</a></p> <p>I thought this was interesting data - something rarely talked about, the duration of mental health effects. I’m not sure what the qualifications are for PTSD but my last loss absolutely changed me. The feelings of hopelessness mentioned were more pronounced in the beginning, but the mention of detachment from family and friends really struck me as that was much more long lasting. </p> <p>Mainly posting to raise awareness - if this feels familiar to you, you are not alone :heart: </p>