Preliminary findings on the experiences of care for women who suffered early pregnancy losses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study.

Background: Women who suffer an early pregnancy loss require specific clinical care, aftercare, and ongoing support. In the UK, the clinical management of early pregnancy complications, including loss is provided mainly through specialist Early Pregnancy Assessment Units. The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally changed the way in which maternity and gynaecological care was delivered, as health systems moved to rapidly reconfigure and re-organise services, aiming to reduce the risk and spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Women's experiences of early pregnancy loss services during the pandemic: A qualitative investigation.

Problem: Early pregnancy losses [EPL] are common, varied, and require different courses of management and care.

Background: In the UK, women who suspect or suffer a pregnancy loss are usually provided specialist care in early pregnancy assessment units [EPAUs]. Their configuration has recently been evaluated, but recommendations for change in-line with best practice for optimum outcomes were unable to be implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic health system shock.

The Joys of Older Motherhood: A questionnaire-based survey of mothers who delivered over the age of 50 years.

Objective: It is recognised that advanced maternal age is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. It is less known what the psychological impact of having a pregnancy in later maternal age is. This study aimed to establish whether women having children over 50 experience challenges with regards to their mental well-being during the pregnancy and thereafter.

Relapsed Hodgkin's lymphoma in pregnancy: A case review.

Hodgkin's lymphoma is rarely diagnosed in pregnancy, occurring in 1:6000 deliveries. However, improvements in survival and the use of less gonadotoxic treatments have increased the number of Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors becoming pregnant. Both de novo and relapsed Hodgkin's lymphoma in pregnancy pose difficult decisions for both clinicians and patients.