Evening Standard

Evening Standard

The truth about pregnancy loss

‘I lost my five-month pregnancy and was made to feel like a nuisance’

I had little understanding of pregnancy loss until it happened to me. I assumed secondary infertility was the biggest challenge I faced and that, after IVF and a longed-for second pregnancy, that it was the end of a difficult chapter. But, at five months pregnant, I went into premature labour at home and my baby died.