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One in Six Women who lose a baby in early pregnancy experience long-term symptoms of post-traumatic stress, a British study suggests.

women need to be more sensitive and specific care after a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy, researchers say.

Toni Edwards-Beighton, 36, says that she felt she lost her mind after a miscarriage in the year 2016.

"I felt my grief was wrong, because it was not a real baby, But I was in complete shock," she says.

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Toni and husband Matt, from Leicester, had said the baby had no heartbeat at 12 weeks, before a miscarriage, of course, at home in The Bathroom .

But she had not expected to bleed for Eight Days And Then you have to go through the pain of contractions.

"I thought I was crazy," she says.

"I had no information about what would happen to me, or what I could expect. "

In the end, something is "visible and the size of a palm of the hand", fell between her legs, in The Middle of The Night .

If you called The Hospital on The Following day, you said you, "bring the tissue in the pregnancy and we will get rid of it".

"It was not 'fabric' to me, it was our baby," says Toni.

In The Weeks that followed, she began to panic about everything, especially her daughter, who was four at the time.

"I was afraid they would die - I could see you fall to the ground. "

months later, Toni your doctor; diagnosed with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and have offered her advice - she is not to go But , because at that time you re pregnant.

"were The Following Nine Months of awful - I was convinced I would lose My Baby again," she says.

Toni and Matt have two daughters, Phoebe, eight, and Willow, two.

In the study of 650 women from Imperial College London and KU Leuven in Belgium, 29% showed symptoms of post-traumatic stress one month after pregnancy loss, falling to 18% after Nine Months .

had the Most, has been through an early miscarriage before 12 weeks - while the rest of a fallopian tube had pregnancy.

The Women , at three London hospitals - Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea, St. Mary's, and at the Chelsea and Westminster, who completed questionnaires about their feelings in the course of a year.

A month after your loss, 24% symptoms of anxiety and 11% of the depression had.

reduced to 17% and 6% for The First Nine Months ,

Dr. Jessica bullock, a specialist Registrar and clinical fellow at Imperial College London, said that miscarriage could be a very traumatic experience.

"For some women, it is the First Time that you experience something outside of your control.

"can These profound events that stay with you. "

although these losses are at a very early stage, "women are forbidden to the search for the validation for you," says Dr. bullock.

Is told, it is not "just a bag of cells" is always helpful.

Among a control group of women who have healthy pregnancies, 13% had symptoms of anxiety and 2% for depression, a month after the birth

The study recommends that women that lights up a miscarriage to find out who is most At Risk for mental health problems.

the advice and support will help many women, But those are the symptoms of the points need special treatment, if you are going to have a rest, research says.

This can be from the cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and medications, and should be by a qualified Professional .

Found the miscarriage symptoms of post may trigger traumatic stress.

"for too long have The Women who do not receive the treatment they need after a miscarriage and this research shows the extent of the problem," says Jane Brewin, chief executive of miscarriage and stillbirth charity Tommy's.

"miscarriage services need to be changed, to ensure that they are available to everyone and women will be pursued, to assess their psychological well-being with the support offered to those in need, and advice is given routinely to prepare for another pregnancy. "

Source of news: bbc.com