Women can still suffer from post-traumatic stress a year after a miscarriage

The treatment women receive following early pregnancy loss must change to reflect its psychological impact according to the researchers of a new study that found one in six women experience long-term post-traumatic stress following miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy. The largest ever study into the psychological impact of early-stage pregnancy loss from scientists at Imperial College London and KU Leuven in Belgium was published in the journal American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. It studied over 650 women who had experienced an early pregnancy loss, of whom the majority had suffered an early miscarriage (defined as pregnancy loss before 12 weeks),  or an ectopic pregnancy (where an embryo