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You handle glucose less well. so we know you are at much more increased risk of gestational diabetes. we also know that the balance of bacteria in your vagina is different in black and asian women to white women and we know an imbalance in the bacteria in your vagina has been associated with miscarriage and preterm birth, so that is another area we can look at. researchers do not know if black women and african countries women in african countries for example are also at greater risk. the data is simply not collected. there is clearly a myriad of compacts and difficult issues at play here, but...

Feel their concerns were taken seriously by clinicians. ijust do not think we are being listened to and heard in the spaces. do you think it is about the colour of your skin? all: absolutely. it really is a struggle all around when it comes to our maternal care. i have come to queen charlotte's and chelsea hospital here in west london, which sees many black and ethnic minority patients, to try and get a better understanding of why black women are at higher risk of having a miscarriage, whether they have underlying health conditions or not, and no matter what their social economic or educationa...

Are at higher risk, including looking into any potential biological factors. we know, for example, if you're black and asian, then you handle glucose less well. so we know you're at much more increased risk of gestational diabetes. we also know that the balance of bacteria in your vagina is different in black and asian women to white women, and we know an imbalance in the bacteria in your vagina has been associated with miscarriage and preterm birth, so that's another area we can look at. researchers don't know if black women in african countries, for example, are also at greater risk. the dat...

I never even made it back to that ultrasound because i miscarried at home. all four women described numerous occasions when they did not feel their concerns were taken seriously didn't feel their concerns were taken seriously by clinicians. i just don't think we're being listened to and heard in the spaces. do you think it is about the colour of your skin? all: absolutely. it really is a struggle all around when it comes to our maternal care. i've come to queen charlotte's and chelsea hospital here in west london, which sees many black and ethnic minority patients, to try and get a better unde...

Upsetting and confusing. even the medical term miscarriage is defined differently depending on where you are in the world and it is based on when a baby can survive on its own outside the womb. whatever you call this type of loss, and no matter what point in pregnancy it happens, it can be a life—changing event. for the mums and families who contributed to this exhibition, it is a unique opportunity to acknowledge and reflect on their losses. most women do not get that chance. we are often told that miscarriage is just a part of life, move on, try again, it was not meant to be. but a recent ...