Living a Pregnancy After a Peri-natal Grief: How Well Does Pregnancy Follow-up Meet Women's Needs and Expectations?

Every year in France, around 7,000 children are born without life, following a medical termination of pregnancy (IMG), fetal death in utero (FDIU) or premature delivery ("late miscarriage"). For families affected by perinatal bereavement, the pregnancy that follows this silent birth is a moment apart, between anguish and guilt, joy and apprehension. The aim of this research project is to improve the understanding of what women go through during the pregnancy that follows, with a view to proposing a practical tool for the professionals who take care of them, in order to improve and personalize their follow-up.

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Key information

Conditions

Pregnancy Related

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Fondation hôpital Saint Joseph

Paris, 75014, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Women who have given birth to a stillborn child (singleton or twin pregnancies):

delivery following fetal death in utero or medical termination of pregnancy at 15 weeks gestational age and later
extreme preterm birth ("late miscarriage") from 15 weeks gestational age Patient who subsequently carried a pregnancy to term and gave birth to a live, viable child between 2020 and 2023.
French-speaking patient
Patient who does not object to her participation in this research study

Exclusion criteria

Women who have experienced a natural termination of pregnancy ("early miscarriage") before 15 weeks of amenorrhea.
Women who have given birth by suction in the operating theatre.
Women who are pregnant with twins in the pregnancy following bereavement. Patient under guardianship or curatorship
Patient deprived of liberty
Patient under court protection

Treatment and study plan

Semi structured interview

Other

Women fulfilling the inclusion / exclusion criteria will be asked to participate to a semi structured interview with a psychiatrist or a psychologist

Primary outcomes

Identify women's specific needs and expectations for the follow-up of this particular pregnancy

Time frame: 4months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2023
Primary completion: 2024
Study completion: 2024
First posted: Oct 30, 2023
Registry last updated: Jul 23, 2025

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