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Jun 18, 2025

Bethany Murray experienced two early pregnancy losses last year and wishes the wait for follow-up mental health care had been smoother.

Last winter, when Murray was five-weeks pregnant, she realized she was bleeding heavily and rushed to the emergency department. She was devastated to learn the pregnancy was ending. She and her husband tried again months later, but during an ultrasound appointment, she learned her second pregnancy had also ended early.

“My brain was just spinning,” Murray recalled. “You blame everything on yourself, even though at the end of the day, you finally know there’s nothing you did.”

About 15 per cent of pregnancies end before 14 weeks gestation, according to the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC).

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/pregnancy-loss-sogc-1.7563527