A three bed inpatient unit for women experiencing early pregnancy loss opens in Canberra after a mother tells of an undignified experience.
"I'm quietly proud of what we've been able to achieve but there's also that really enduring sense of loss around our babies."
It is expected to support around 500 people each year and can accommodate those who need to stay overnight, as well as those who require specialised care due to early pregnancy complications."But I think it's important that, at the same time, we acknowledge that rooms are just rooms — and it's the care offered in that space that is more important," she said.
Mrs Schlage has recently been awarded a Churchill Fellowship for her advocacy and said she would be travelling overseas to learn how volunteers have been integrated into overseas maternity wards, assisting families in their grief long after they were discharged from hospital.Midwifery assistant director Wendy Alder says nurses and midwives have embraced the new unit.
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