Living a Pregnancy After a Peri-natal Grief: How Well Does Pregnancy Follow-up Meet Women's Needs and Expectations?

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06107530

Enrollment

Registered

2023-10-30

Start date

2023-10-09

Completion date

2024-03-30

Last updated

2025-07-23

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Conditions

Pregnancy Related

Keywords

peri-natal loss, pregnancy follow up

Brief summary

Every year in France, around 7,000 children are born without life, following a medical termination of pregnancy (IMG), fetal death in utero (FDIU) or premature delivery (late miscarriage). For families affected by perinatal bereavement, the pregnancy that follows this silent birth is a moment apart, between anguish and guilt, joy and apprehension. The aim of this research project is to improve the understanding of what women go through during the pregnancy that follows, with a view to proposing a practical tool for the professionals who take care of them, in order to improve and personalize their follow-up.

Interventions

OTHERsemi structured interview

Women fulfilling the inclusion / exclusion criteria will be asked to participate to a semi structured interview with a psychiatrist or a psychologist

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Women who have given birth to a stillborn child (singleton or twin pregnancies): * delivery following fetal death in utero or medical termination of pregnancy at 15 weeks gestational age and later * extreme preterm birth (late miscarriage) from 15 weeks gestational age Patient who subsequently carried a pregnancy to term and gave birth to a live, viable child between 2020 and 2023. * French-speaking patient * Patient who does not object to her participation in this research study

Exclusion criteria

* Women who have experienced a natural termination of pregnancy (early miscarriage) before 15 weeks of amenorrhea. * Women who have given birth by suction in the operating theatre. * Women who are pregnant with twins in the pregnancy following bereavement. Patient under guardianship or curatorship * Patient deprived of liberty * Patient under court protection

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Identify women's specific needs and expectations for the follow-up of this particular pregnancy	4months

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026