Genomic Bereavement Care for Pregnancy Loss: A modified Delphi study

Authors: Abigail Hyland1,2, Denise Barnes2, Jennifer Petrie1,2, Kelly Cohen1,2, Jennifer Campbell1,2

Affiliations: 1Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, 2 North East and Yorkshire Genomic Medicine Service

 

Introduction

25% of pregnancies end in loss and it is thought that 50% of early losses are due to aneuploidy, with a proportion of others being due to genetic changes. Bereavement care is a cornerstone to obstetric and midwifery practice and as the new genomic era approaches, how should patients and families be best supported when they suffer a pregnancy loss with a likely genomic cause.