The Miscarriage Association of Ireland

The following members of our committee are available on our Telephone Support Line for the Month of August 2018 (Monday to Friday):

From 10.00 a.m. to 12 Noon Kate on 087 3577174

From 8.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. Eve 087 3571164

If you cannot make contact with the member on call, please leave a message for us, giving your name and number and a time that would be suitable to call you. We will then return your call as soon as possible.


For those on call during other months please click here

If you are using this website, it probably means that either you or someone close to you has sadly lost a baby through miscarriage, whether recently or some time ago. All of us at The Miscarriage Association of Ireland have had personal experience of miscarriage and we are here to help and support you when you need us.

We hope our website will be of help especially to the mums and dads of the precious lost baby

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Our next monthly Support Meeting takes place on Thursday 2nd August 2018 from 8pm - 9.30pm. (approx.) in Buswells Hotel, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2 (opposite Leinster House).

If you are finding it difficult to deal with the loss of a baby through miscarriage, please know that you are most welcome to come to the meeting whether you lost your baby recently or long ago.

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The first meeting of the Cork Miscarriage Support Group will take place on Tuesday 17th July 2018 from 8pm to 9:30 pm approx at SMA Wilton Parish Community Centre, Wilton, Co. Cork Postcode T12 AX94.

For further information, please email mailto:corkpergnancyloss@gmail.com

Our tree planting ceremony in memory of all babies lost through miscarriage took place on Sunday 22nd April 2018 in Corkagh Park.
It was a really special ceremony and lifted the hearts of all those who attended.

Thank you to Maureen, John, Susan, Kate, Suzy, Johnny and Katie who all took part in the ceremony to sing or read.
Thank you also to the park rangers who dug out the space for the Cherry Blossom tree in such a beautiful setting and provided shovels for people to help plant our tree.

The setting of the Doves free at the end whilst Katie sung a heart warming rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow was really beautiful and Johnny's poem "The Seed" brought a tear to many a eye.

If you would like to visit the Corkagh Park to see our tree, park in St Johns Estate Car park. Head towards the pet farm, it is about a 10 minute walk from the car park. Our cherry blossom tree is planted in the grass area just before and to the right of the pet farm. The tree is planted in the centre of a group of trees and is planted very near the Tree of Hope.

  

Kate reading her poem

  

Suzy reading her poem

  

Johnny reading his poem

  

Susan singing

  

Our cherry blossom tree planted in memory of all babies lost through miscarriage — at Corkagh Park.

  

Dove release

Dawn from The Miscarriage Association of Ireland is organising a Miscarriage Remembrance Walk/Run on Sunday May 20th, 12pm, Claddagh, Galway. Please join her to help remember all the babies lost through Miscarriage.

  

We have organised a Tree Planting Ceremony which will take place on Sunday 22nd April 2018 at 2.00 p.m. in Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, Dublin, 22. It will be followed by tea and coffee in the Green Isle Hotel.

All parents, siblings, grandparents and others affected by the loss of a baby are very welcome to attend this special ceremony, regardless of whether the loss was recent or long ago.

  

The Coombe Hospital will hold a Service of Remembrance on Sunday April 8th, 2018 at 3 p.m. in Our Lady of Dolours Church, Dolphin's Barn, Dublin, 8.

Anyone who has experienced pregnancy, baby or infant loss is welcome to attend, whether your loss was recent or long ago.

  

Cuidiu, Cork are launching a Pregnancy & Infant Loss closed FaceBook group. It will be a secret group which will offer Peer support from other people who have also suffered Pregnancy or Infant Loss.

For further information, please visit http://cuidiucork.net/pregnancy-infant-loss/.

  

On behalf of the committee of The Miscarriage Association of Ireland, I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to one of our committee members Kate C Nolan who donated her commission from painting five beautiful landscapes, two of which you see in the picture below, to us.

We were all blown away by Kate's generosity which will allow The Miscarriage Association of Ireland to continue to provide its core supports of telephone, email, support group meetings, providing information, placing memorial stones, etc whilst also giving us the opportunity to start other projects.

Thank you Kate.

Deirdre Pierce McDonnell, Chairperson

See www.katecnolanart.com to view more of Kate's inspirational pictures of landscapes.

  

Kate Nolan presenting her donation to Deirdre Pierce McDonnell, Chairperson of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland.

On behalf of The Miscarriage Association of Ireland, I would like to extend a huge thank you to Jacinta & Ivor Jones and all the people and businesses of Belturbet and surrounding areas who supported them in their recent fundraiser on Friday February 9th which raised the huge sum of €5,470 for the Association.

The money will be used the Association to continue to provide support and information to women and their families who have lost a baby/(babies) through miscarriage.

Thank you Jacinta & Ivor for your generosity. from the Committee. XXX

  

Deirdre Pierce McDonnell, Ivor and Jacinta Jones, June O'Toole

  

Jacinta and Ivor Jones and Deirdre Pierce McDonnell

Many thanks to Olivia Bradley who spent two weeks walking from Dublin to Donegal in aid of The Miscarriage Association of Ireland and The Alzheimers Association of Ireland.

She raised 4,423.09 on our behalf.

A big thank you to Olivia and all who supported her.

Letterkenny General Hospital will hold a Service of Remembrance on Sunday April 8th, 2018 at 3 p.m. in Conwal Church of Ireland, Letterkenny.

Anyone who has experienced pregnancy, baby or infant loss is welcome to attend, whether your loss was recent or long ago.

The next Miscarriage Support Group meeting in Galway takes place in the Raheen Woods Hotel, Athenry, Galway on Thursday 8th March 2018 at 7.00 p.m.

Phone 087 689 3456 (Dawn O' Connor) for more information or

See Miscarriage Support Group Galway Facebook Page

The VHI Women's Mini Marathon takes place Sunday of the Bank Holiday weekend on 3rd June at 2 pm. It is a 10 km race (6.2 miles).

Entry is opening on 7th March 2018 - see www.vhiwomensminimarathon.ie for more details. Get your entry in soon and if you are fundraising - The Miscarriage Association of Ireland ask you to consider them as your charity for which to raise funds.

It's an easy 3 steps :
1) register your place directly at www.vhiwomensminimarathon.ie

2) contact the Miscarriage Association of Ireland - via email at mailto:info@miscarriage.ie to request our T-shirts and sponsorship card or use www.idonate.ie to fundraise on-line.

3) Have fun training to run.

Make sure to register early!!
Thank you

Please note that the Service of Remembrance which we planned for Sunday March 4th 2018 at 3 pm in the Redemptorist Church, Esker, Athenry, Co Galway has been postponed.

We will update this website as soon as a new date has been set.

Molar Pregnancy Information & Support
The National Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Registry,Monitoring and Advisory Centre is based in Cork University Maternity Hospital, Wilton, Cork.
It is the Dedicated Centre in Ireland for GTD.
Further details available on their website :
www.cuh.hse.ie/Cork-University-Maternity-Hospital/Gynaecology/GTD-Centre/