Miscarriage Support - Scottish Care & Information on Miscarriage

Becca and Nathan have finished their sponsored run and raised over £1000! We thank them for their good work, and we think it's ok if they put their feet up for a while. The link to their fundraising page is below.

The number of healthy babies lost as a result of Down's syndrome testing is unjustifiable, a charity has claimed.

Below the fold, a link to a Daily Record story about a woman who suffered 18 miscarriages before finally managing to give birth.

Janitors at 4 schools raised £1,800 for SCIM by doing a sponsored walk, going around all four schools, starting at Carlibar Primary, to Woodfarm High, to Mearns Castle High, and finishing at Williamwood High, a total of 13 miles, sponsored by HBG FM.

SCIM would like to give their thanks to the walkers, whose names are below the fold:

Participating in the Merchant City's festive competition to find the best Christmas windows as part of the Festival of Light, SCIM won the prize for the most creative window.

Nicole Kidman has revealed how she lost a baby in the early years of her marriage to Tom Cruise.

In the "read more section" is a link to some celebrities who have also suffered miscarriage, from the
most recent dating back to a long time ago, such as Audrey Hepburn,
Kirsty Alley, Jennifer Aniston, and Emma Thompson.

The Pregnancy Support Groups/Individual Support will take place on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm.  The group will meet at the SCIM office, 285 High Street, Glasgow G4 0QS. Tel: 0141 552 5070

SCIM have a Book of Remembrance in which to commemorate babies who have
been lost in miscarriage. Losing a baby in miscarriage can often mean
that you have little or nothing to mark your pregnancy with your baby.

(reprinted from University of Aberdeen magazine, March 2004)

Blood Ties

Researchers at the University of Aberdeen have created a treatment they believe will prevent the tragedy of Rhesus babies. Haemolytic disease of the newborn can happen when mother and baby have particular mismatch of blood types.

If a pregnant woman is one of the 17% who have Rhesus negative blood and her baby is Rhesus positive, and therefore has a compound called D antigen in its blood, the results can be fatal. The D antigen triggers an immune response, attacking her unborn child.

Researchers in Aberdeen have found a way of switching off the immune reaction in mothers, making it possible to create a vaccine. It works in the lab and they plan to set up a spinout company to take the product to clinical trial.