why do we not know more about what happens? my name is professor siobhan quenby. my name is natasha necati. rukhsana. i have spent the last few months looking into how pregnancy loss impacts families all around the world and how they can be better supported, why the colour of our skin can affect our chances of having a healthy pregnancy. ijust do not think we are being listened to and heard in the spaces. do you think it is about the colour of your skin? all: absolutely. and heard from one group often left out of the conversation. my wife was near to death. i had a cry sitting on the toilet, because that was the only time i could get to be alone. the hats knitted lovingly for twins
weight and whether they have had any previous miscarriages. they will then get specific evidence based advice on how to lower their risk of a loss. but pregnancy loss can isolate you from those closest to you, especially your partner. again, there has been very limited research on this, but partners have reported feeling helpless, ignored and, in some cases, deeply traumatised. i ve been hearing from partners all around the world, starting with amir sangal in karachi, pakistan. translation: at first, | i didn t know what to do, because i had never experienced anything like this before. my wife was near to death. there was a feeling of loss like i had lost someone who was my own, but i had to control my emotions. amirand his wife, rukhsana, who we heard from earlier, suffered three miscarriages
evidence based advice on how to lower their risk of a loss. but pregnancy loss can isolate you from those closest to you, especially your partner. again, there has been very limited research on this, but partners have reported feeling helpless, ignored and in some cases, deeply traumatised. i have been hearing from partners all around the world, starting with amir sangal in karachi, pakistan. translation: at first, | i didn t know what to do, because i had never experienced anything like this before. my wife was near to death. there was a feeling of loss like i had lost someone who was my own, but i had to control my emotions. amir and his wife rukhsana,
physically and mentally painful miscarriage can be, why are we not talking about it more? why do we not know more about what happens? my name is professor siobhan quenby. my name is natasha necati. rukhsana. i ve spent the last few months looking into how pregnancy loss impacts families all around the world and how they can be better supported, why the colour of our skin can affect our chances of having a healthy pregnancy. i just do t think we re being listened to and heard in the spaces. do you think it is about the colour of your skin? all: absolutely. and heard from one group often left out of the conversation. my wife was near to death. i had a cry sitting on the toilet, because that was the only time i could get to be alone.
this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the news straight after this programme at the top of the hour. i m ali shahalom, also known as ali official, and i m a comedian. no, no, man, just chilling. just filming this thing for the bbc. yeah, bangali british corporation and that. white people get degrees to getjobs, right? asian people get degrees to get married. laughter. one of the easiest ways for me to show love is just by bringing mangoes home. yeah, just bring mangoes, you know, and i come home, bring the mango box, shout, hey, rukhsana, i ve got mangoes. if that s not love, i don t know what love is. there are around half a million people of british bangladeshi ethnicity in the uk, and i am one of them. but honestly, sometimes i feel like we re forgotten about. i remember growing up.