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One woman’s story of isolation through her miscarriage

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06.30 9 Oct 2025


One woman’s story of isolation through her miscarriage


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06.30 9 Oct 2025


“The row of seats that face the registration desk in the hospital I attended for miscarriage surgery contained me and two heavily pregnant women checking in to give birth. Having had this experience, I feel I can say with confidence that there’s a good reason you wouldn’t have a wedding planner and an undertaker share a reception.”   

So wrote Clare Moriarty, Post-Doctoral Researcher at Trinity College Dublin who told her story to Shane this morning.


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