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SammieSnail
11-07-2006, 18:32
Hi girls,
I'm pretty sure this is where this should be posted....

I just thought that some of you would be interested in a documentary on miscarriage...
It's called 'Waiting for a heartbeat', and is screening tonight at 7.30pm on SBS.

This from the ninemsn site.

Filmed over a year, this documentary looks at one of the world's leading miscarriage clinics, following the highs and lows of the team as they battle to keep yearned-for babies in the womb just long enough to give them a chance of life. At St Mary's Hospital, London, one woman leads a team on a mission to provide hope where there has been none. Professor Lesley Regan is one of the world's great experts on miscarriage and women come from all over the world for her help. She handles only the toughest cases and has pioneered a host of techniques to help women have children. This film follows the pregnancies of three women who have all discovered various problems with their pregnancies. A tiny mutation in just one amino acid in one gene caused one woman to lose three children. Another woman was duped into paying for an expensive treatment for years, in which she was injected with her partner's white blood cells. The result is that the woman concerned has to be told that she will never have children, as she is now past childbearing age.

Mum&bubs
11-07-2006, 18:40
Oh thanks for that. Im always interested in watching documenteries (sp?) like these espeically now that ive had a miscarriage myself.

cmd'smum
11-07-2006, 18:41
Sammiesnail,

thanks for the reminder, I had forgotten :eek:

All the best for your pregnancy and birth

Bel1978
12-07-2006, 09:25
Was that post for the 11th or 12th?? I wouldnt mind watching it if i didnt miss it.

Since i have had 3 MC so far i am very interested. Although i know that i have a blood condition and the next step is daily injections it will still be worth a watch.

Hokey Pokey
12-07-2006, 15:44
Bummer I missed it... was it any good?

SammieSnail
12-07-2006, 22:01
That's ok Krissy :)

Thanks cmd'smum :hugs:

Yeah Bel it was for the 11th (last night)....maybe you could find out from SBS if they will be re-screening it?? I hope all goes well with your injections.

Kristy, I found it interesting but brought on alot of emotions.....:thumbsup:

One woman had had 5 m/c, after her first she had a daughter and then had four consecutively....the daughter was around 10 and talked about her mum losing the babies and what it would be like if she had a sibling....it was amazing the way she talked about it...very mature
I'm pretty sure they couldn't workout specifically why they couldn't concieve..

Another woman had had 7 m/c (I think) and had never gone past 12wks...it showed her going for her weekly scans and I could relate to the way her and her partner felt just waiting to see if there was a heartbeat and if the baby was still alive...here pregnancy continued and she went on the have a healthy baby even though she had bleeding around midway....:)

Another woman had had re-occuring m/c (not sure how many maybe 3?) and it showed her getting a scan and being told there was no heartbeat...this I could also relate to...they took her baby for testing and found that it died as a result of a genetic abnormality...

Sorry if I got any of the actual facts wrong...

cmd'smum
12-07-2006, 22:17
You summed it all up pretty well Sammie.

It was very emotional watching, it was interesting how the clinic could only help less than half of their patients reasons for m/c! And that how about half of the reasons for m/c were genetic abnormailties.

Just reinforces what we already know. Its amazing how they still could'nt figure out why so many women m/c!

v8mum
18-07-2006, 15:34
This was the most interesting show i have watched in a long time. I too have had 3 mc's and it opened my eyes up to a lot which i had asked my gyno questions about but hadnt really got answers. I cried the whole way through and i nearly turned it off twice as it was very painful to watch for me but in the end glad that i didnt. If anyone missed it i would recommend phoning sbs and asking them to replay it.:thumbsup: