The Pregnancy Loss Research Group has curated the production of a graphic narrative in collaboration with Amy Lauren, an illustrator based in Dublin, to show bereaved parents’ views and experiences of hospital processes to find out why their baby died. The project was funded through an Irish Hospice Foundation Seed Grant, with the support of the Creative Ireland Programme.

In an opinion piece in today’s Irish Times, Professor Keelin O’Donoghue outlines why we do a disservice to all when we don’t talk about pregnancy loss.

Caroline Joyce, Clinical Biochemist and PhD Student, recently presented her work on the use of capillary blood collection for human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) analysis in early pregnancy at the 11^th European Organisation for Treatment of Trophoblastic Diseases (EOTTD) Meeting.

The results of the National Maternity Bereavement Experience Survey 2022 were published on Thursday, 18 May 2023.

Researchers from the Pregnancy Loss Research Group participated in the College of Medicine and Health’s ‘Bright Futures – Celebrating our Researchers’ Day on 26 March 2023. Organised by Professor Yvonne Nolan, Vice Dean of Graduate Studies, UCC Medicine and Health, the event gave early career researchers across the College an opportunity to showcase and celebrate their research and innovation.

On Wednesday, 3^rd May 2023, the Pregnancy Loss Research Group launched a new website, showcasing over ten years of pregnancy loss research in Ireland.

On 18 April 2023, PLRG members travelled to University Hospital Galway (UHG) to facilitate the roll-out of TEARDROP (Teaching, Excellent, pArent, peRinatal, Deaths-related, inteRactions, tO, Professionals) across the Saolta Hospital Group.

Dr Katie Togher recently presented her work on “First Trimester Termination of Pregnancy in Ireland: a retrospective review of the first three years of service at one tertiary maternity unit” at the Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2023).

Members of the Pregnancy Loss Research Group attended the SPHeRE Network 9^th Annual Conference at the RCSI, Dublin on Thursday, 23 March 2023.

Congratulations to Tamara Escañuela Sánchez who successfully defended her PhD on Wednesday, 22 March.