Miscarriage Matters: A guide to Showing Support
In Australia, an estimated 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage. That means approximately 285 families are affected by miscarriage every day.
But even though miscarriage affects many people, including partners, often others don’t know what to say or do when someone they know experiences it – so they say nothing. This can make miscarriage a lonely experience. But, if people around them understood how to offer support, meaningful change could be made.
The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has developed a national miscarriage education and awareness program, informed by significant consultation and testing with key audiences of the resources, experts, key advocacy groups and people with lived experience.
The program includes a toolkit of resources in languages that aim to raise awareness of miscarriage amongst the general population (including what it is, how common it is, and the impacts it can have), to make space for more open conversation, understanding and compassion.
How to use these resources. Raising awareness and guiding conversations
These resources have been designed to guide people through supporting friends or loved ones experiencing miscarriage and early pregnancy loss.
There are many ways you can share these resources. You can:
- Print resources and display them in a community space.
- Print resources and hand them out to your network.
- Include the content in newsletters and emails.
- Share resources at events or during outreach.
- Share resources on your website or via email.
- Post materials on your social channels.
Download resources in languages HERE
Source: Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
