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Fertility, family planning, pregnancy & motherhood among women doctors...

Sanjana Biju, Caoimhe Madden, Paul O’Connor, Dara Byrne, @niamhhumphries.bsky.social, Grant Jeffrey, Jennifer Finnegan, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Sarah Fitzgibbon, Sinéad Lydon

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Fertility, family planning, pregnancy and motherhood among women doctors working in the EU and UK: a scoping review

Objectives Women doctors face considerable challenges navigating family planning, pregnancy and motherhood. Their experiences can have relevance for health system functioning, including doctor retenti...

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December 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group

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🆕📄 Maternity staff opinions on perinatal death reviews: Parent involvement & changes to standardising the system

✍️ @emilyoconnor.bsky.social, Aenne Helps, Richard Greene, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Sara Leitao

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

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December 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group

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🗞️ New research projects in the areas of clinical risk prediction & gestational trophoblastic disease

👋 Officially welcoming Dr Barbara Burke & Dr Aoife Corcoran to the team!

🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

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New research projects in the areas of clinical risk prediction and gestational trophoblastic disease | University College Cork

Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

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December 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group

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'I didn't think it was going to happen to me' - calls for better public awareness of stillbirths

www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

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Calls for better public awareness of stillbirths

A national pregnancy loss group is calling for better public awareness of stillbirths and research into reducing the number that occur in Ireland each year.

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November 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM

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🎙️ Prof @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Anne-Marie Farrell & Mairie Cregan (Féileacáin) spoke with Eithne Dodd @rteradio1.bsky.social about stillbirths & action needed on #EndingPreventableBabyDeaths

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November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM

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🗞️ Congratulations to PLRG members on best poster award at #JOGS2025 - work led by Dr Sophie Boyd & presented by Dr Anthony Sheppard: Post early medical abortion complications in secondary care

🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

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Congratulations to PLRG members on best poster award at JOGS 2025 | University College Cork

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November 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group

@pregnancylossie.bsky.social

Triage & care for women with symptoms or diagnosis of pregnancy loss between 14 + 0 & 21 + 6 weeks' gestation

Caroline Fox, Rosinder Kaur, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Alexander Heazell @mcr-sb-research.bsky.social, @prenataltherapy.bsky.social, et al

obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Screenshot of the title and abstract page of the paper, available at https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijgo.70621

November 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM

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🗞️ Congratulations to @niamhhj.bsky.social and @grainnemcsteen.bsky.social who graduated with Masters of Science in Loss & Bereavement @rcsi.bsky.social yesterday 🎓🎉

@irishhospice.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social

www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

Congratulations to Niamh Howard-Jones and Gráinne McSteen | University College Cork

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November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM

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Karen Sugrue 🏳️‍⚧️🌈🇵🇸

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Our next report will be called

‘Smear the Bejesus out of Them:
An examination of the strategic use of reputational damage against women in politics’

#sexisminpolitics #womeninpolitics

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November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group

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🧰 A quick reference guide to our current suite of #PregnancyLoss information resources - all available on the Pregnancy & Infant Loss Ireland Website: www.pregnancyandinfantloss.ie

👁️‍🗨️ More are under development & will be published in 2026

@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @hselive.bsky.social

Tile with information about where various pregnancy loss (ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage and recurrent miscarriage) information booklets, clinical guidelines and multi-lingual videos can be found - each resource is listed, along with a QR code to access it. Details of the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Ireland website at the end (https://pregnancyandinfantloss.ie/) along with logos of the following: National Women and Infants Health Programme, Health Service Executive and the Pregnancy Loss Research Group

November 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group

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📣 ICYMI: Now in print

📄 Appraisal of hydatidiform mole incidence & registration rates in Ireland following the establishment of a National Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Registry

✍️ @carolinemjoyce.bsky.social, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Brendan Fitzgerald et al

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Appraisal of hydatidiform mole incidence and registration rates in Ireland following the establishment of a National Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Registry

Aims This study aimed to re-evaluate the incidence of hydatidiform mole (HM) and determine gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) registration rates in Ireland following the establishment of the Nati...

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November 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group

@pregnancylossie.bsky.social

Really hope this is a commitment to implementing leave for people who experience pregnancy loss <23 weeks as per findings from the #PLRG_PLACESproject comissioned by the Department:

Strategy: www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

PLACES Policy Brief: www.ucc.ie/en/media/res...

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Excerpt from the report which includes the objective: "Advance the provision of sexual and reproductive healthcare and related leaves and benefits."

November 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group

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📄 Mortality and morbidity in very low birth weight infants from twin pregnancies in ireland: a national cohort analysis

✍️ @caroline-oconnor.bsky.social, Paul Corcoran, Anne Twomey, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Sara Leitao

🔓 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#TheMilestoneStudy @researchireland.ie

Mortality and morbidity in very low birth weight infants from twin pregnancies in ireland: a national cohort analysis - Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -)

Introduction Twin pregnancies contribute disproportionately to neonatal morbidity and mortality, primarily due to preterm birth and very low birth weight (VLBW). While studies have yielded conflicting...

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November 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM

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🗞 PLRG @ the Association of Early Pregnancy Units Annual Scientific Meeting 2025

🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

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#AEPU2025

PLRG @ the Association of Early Pregnancy Units Annual Scientific Meeting 2025 | University College Cork

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November 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group

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We are delighted to announce that @niamhhj.bsky.social has been appointed Candidate Advanced Midwife Practitioner - Early Pregnancy Loss/Miscarriage Services @ Cork University Maternity Hospital

@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @hselive.bsky.social @roinnslainte.bsky.social

www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

Niamh Howard-Jones appointed Candidate Advanced Midwife Practitioner - Early Pregnancy Loss/Miscarriage Services at CUMH | University College Cork

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November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group

@pregnancylossie.bsky.social

On our way to Glasgow for #AEPU2025. Great programme ahead.

Check out talk by Dr Deirdre Hayes-Ryan on Friday on service users' experiences of Ireland 1st off-site early pregnancy unit & our e-posters on the conference platform!

@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @niamhhj.bsky.social

Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · Oct 14

We're attending the Association of Early Pregnancy Units Annual Scientific Meeting in Glasgow next month - say hi if you're there

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#Miscarriage #RecurrentMiscarriage #EctopicPregnancy #EarlyPregnancy #PregnancyLoss #AbortionCare #AEPU2025

November 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group

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🗣️ Professor @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social & Jennie Cronin spoke with @antonsavage.bsky.social on @newstalkfm.bsky.social this morning about #PregnancyLoss <23 weeks

🎙️ Listen back: www.newstalk.com/podcasts/the...

ℹ️ Our work: www.ucc.ie/pregnancyloss

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The emotional and real-life impacts of pregnancy loss under 23 weeks | Newstalk

Pregnancy loss under 23 weeks is rarely spoken about, and in Ireland, it’s not even officially ...

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November 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group

@pregnancylossie.bsky.social

📣 ICYMI: Now in issue

🆕📄 Ethnic Disparities in Perinatal Mortality & Associated Factors: A Nationwide Cohort Study

✍️ Laura Robinson, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Sara Leitao

🔗 obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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OBGYN

Objective To examine factors associated with perinatal mortality (PM) in women in minority ethnic groups (MEG) in Ireland and assess differences between them and their white counterparts. Design R.....

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November 7, 2025 at 7:23 AM

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group

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🎙️ Listen Back | The role of a workplace in dealing with pregnancy loss

🗣️ @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social speaking with @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social on @newstalkfm.bsky.social

🔗 www.goloudplayer.com/episodes/the...

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The role of a workplace in dealing with pregnancy loss

University College Cork has become the first Irish university to introduce paid leave to employees who have experienced pregnancy loss. It follows extensive work carried out by the university’s Pregn...

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November 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group

@pregnancylossie.bsky.social

View/download our free toolkit for workplaces & book #PLRG_WordsAtWork here: www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

#PLRG_PLACESproject #PregnancyLoss #Work

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November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group: New resources for workplaces | @activelink.bsky.social

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#PLRG_PLACESproject #PLRG_WordsAtWork #PregnancyLoss #Workplace #Work

Pregnancy Loss Research Group: New resources for workplaces

The Pregnancy Loss Research Group at University College Cork has developed a range of resources to help create more compassionate workplaces for people who experience pregnancy loss. We encourage work...

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November 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group

@pregnancylossie.bsky.social

Recognising pregnancy loss as a workplace issue and in working lives is essential, writes Professor @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

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Workplaces have a role in dealing with pregnancy loss

Recognising pregnancy loss as a workplace issue and in working lives is essential, writes Professor Keelin O’Donoghue

www.irishexaminer.com

October 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group

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Miscarriage Care in Scotland: Delivery Framework (Sept 2025)

Includes graded model of care-ensuring people receive support following their first miscarriage (as advocated for in our #ReCurrentStudy #PolicyBrief: www.ucc.ie/en/media/res...)

www.gov.scot/publications...

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