How to Help Someone after a Miscarriage: A Practical Guide to Supporting Someone after a Miscarriage, Molar or Ectopic Pregnancy

Clare Foster

It is heartbreaking to learn that your loved one has experienced a miscarriage or molar or ectopic pregnancy. Be it a friend, child or your own partner, it can be hard to know what to say, or how best you can help.

Should you mention the baby or avoid all topics that relate to children? How can you be there for your partner as they grieve, while dealing with your own emotions? What if you’re pregnant and it’s your best friend that has experienced a loss? What if you say the wrong thing?

This accessible guide provides evidence-based advice on supporting someone after a miscarriage, ectopic or molar pregnancy. Clare Foster draws upon her personal experience and that of other women and partners, as well as extensive research, to provide you with the knowledge and practical advice you need to help your loved one.

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Mae’n dorcalonnus dysgu bod rhywun annwyl i chi wedi colli babi neu feichiogrwydd molar neu ectopig. Boed yn ffrind, plentyn neu’ch partner eich hun, gall fod yn anodd gwybod beth i’w ddweud, neu beth yw’r ffordd orau i chi helpu.

A ddylech chi sôn am y babi neu osgoi pob pwnc sy’n ymwneud â phlant? Sut gallwch chi fod yno i’ch partner wrth iddyn nhw alaru, a delio â’ch emosiynau eich hun? Beth os ydych chi’n feichiog a bod eich ffrind gorau wedi profi colled? Beth os ydych chi’n dweud y peth anghywir?

Mae’r canllaw hwylus hwn yn rhoi cyngor ar sail tystiolaeth ar gefnogi rhywun ar ôl colli babi, beichiogrwydd ectopig neu feichiogrwydd molar. Mae Clare Foster yn tynnu ar ei phrofiad personol a phrofiad menywod a phartneriaid eraill, yn ogystal ag ymchwil helaeth, i roi’r wybodaeth a’r cyngor ymarferol sydd eu hangen arnoch i helpu’r person sy’n annwyl i chi.