A trial attempt to introduce support cards to provide post-miscarriage grief care in infertility treatment

Abstract

In infertility treatment, patients experience loss following non pregnancy test result as well as after miscarriage. Moreover, such losses are frequently repeated, tending to enhance patient anxieties surrounding pregnancy. And yet the stationing of psychological counselors remains atypical within fertility treatment facilities in Japan, and access to grief care is not yet sufficiently widespread. In this study, an attempt was made to introduce a system whereby support cards were created for use in grief counseling after miscarriage, with physicians, nurses, and psychological counselors working together to provide care.