She mentioned this one symptom and my brain immediately went somewhere else
I had a call with a woman this weekend.
We were talking through her history when she said, almost in passing:
“I have explosive bowel movements.”
And my brain immediately went:
We need to look at her gut.
Not because that one symptom gives me an answer for why she has experienced miscarriage.
It doesn’t.
But because it’s a clue.
And this morning, I’m still thinking about it.
Because I wonder how many women have symptoms like this that have become so normal to them, they don’t even think to mention them when talking about recurrent miscarriage.
The bloating they’ve lived with for years.
The bowel movements that have always been unpredictable.
The foods they know will send them running to the toilet.
The digestive symptoms they’ve learned to plan their day around.
When you’ve experienced recurrent miscarriage, it’s understandable that your attention goes straight to the tests labelled “fertility” or “miscarriage.”
My brain doesn’t stop there.
I want to know what else your body has been doing.
What changed.
What’s been there for years.
What you've learned to live with.
What was happening before, during and between your pregnancies.
And whether any of those pieces deserve further investigation or a conversation with the appropriate healthcare professional.
Because sometimes the thing that makes me lean in is the detail you nearly didn’t mention.
This is exactly the kind of thinking I’ll be taking you inside during Day 2 of Recurrent Miscarriage: Looking at the Whole Picture.
On 27 October at 7pm BST, grief specialist Annika Palmer and I will host The Space in Between: Grief, Hope, & Trying Again After Recurrent Loss.
Then on 28 October at 7pm BST, it’ll be just me for Putting the Pieces Together After Recurrent Miscarriage, where I’ll show you how I look beyond isolated results and begin connecting the wider picture before you try again.
The two-day masterclass is free.
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Claire x
