Missed miscarriage: “I felt angry that it was such a beautiful day” - Catherine's Story
Catherine shares how when she and her husband Carl started trying for a baby they received a male factor infertility diagnosis that landed heavily for Carl. The couple discovered that a form of IVF called ICSI, where they inject a single sperm directly into the egg, would be their only hope of conceiving. Catherine shares how sadly their first IVF attempt failed, and how no one really talks about embryo loss, but it’s a very real and painful kind of grief. She shares how their second round of IVF ended in a positive test but that following an eight week early scan a doctor confirmed that there was sadly no heartbeat, and that she had had a missed miscarriage. She recalls walking out of the hospital to bright sunshine and feeling angry that it was such a beautiful day. The couple knew they wanted to try again quite quickly, so they started their third round of IVF which resulted in another positive pregnancy test. Catherine felt terrified this too would be taken away but as the weeks went by she reached more pregnancy milestones, and in May 2026 her baby boy Otis was born.
