Miscarriage & Infertility 

 A woman or couple can't help but think about the future, even if cautiously, after fertility treatment or a positive pregnancy test. Considerations from possible baby names to how the mother might be "showing" by a particular month naturally spring to mind. When that is taken away— either through miscarriage or an unsuccessful fertility treatment — you're not grieving the past; you're grieving what was going to be. You're suffering the future.  

With pregnancy loss and infertility, each time it doesn't happen, you're grieving for all the ways you were thinking it was going to be. Trying to make sense of a miscarriage of infertility is challenging. The depth of the pain and the challenges a woman goes through is a struggle to put into words. It also brings up deep personal feelings, spiritual beliefs, and relationships differences. But you don’t get over these kinds of losses. You work through them.

Although many people who face miscarriage and infertility feel alone or isolated, statistics show the circumstances are much more common than people may think. Miscarriage, defined as the loss of a pregnancy before 20 weeks, occurs in 15 percent of known pregnancies. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that about 12 percent of women ages 15 to 44 have "difficulty getting pregnant or carrying a pregnancy to term." In contrast, an estimated 7.4 million women in that same age bracket have used fertility services.

 At Therapy for Women Beverly Hills, we will work to understand your pain so you can make sense of your loss and struggle. Our counselors listen with empathy, help you explore various thoughts and behaviors, and teach you techniques to manage distress, re-envision, and re-engage life.