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Article: Breaking the taboo of miscarriage; Common as it is, every miscarriage is a tragedy. But new advances in understanding the causes are some comfort.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 3, 2001
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Byline: ALICE HART-DAVIS
POOR Nicole Kidman. What a tragedy, that she should have had a miscarriage after trying for a child of her own for so long. Miscarriage is a horribly common and hugely depressing experience. According to medical authorities about one in four pregnancies ends that way ( about is the right word, because most miscarriages are not recorded), but it is only recently that women have begun to talk of it.
Professor Lesley Regan, head of obstetrics and gynaecology at St Mary s, Paddington, where she runs the recurrent-miscarriage clinic, is an internationally renowned teacher and researcher in the field. Miscarriage has always been a ...