Care after miscarriage 'not consistent enough' Women are not being told all the options when deciding how to dispose of pregnancy remains after miscarriage in England, a report suggests.
Corinne Fowler did not realise she could take her baby's remains home - instead they were disposed of with other clinical waste.
Looking back, she says she would have found a special place to bury the child she would never see again.
The Miscarriage Association said better and more consistent care was needed.
The Death Before Birth report, carried out by researchers from the Universities of Birmingham and Bristol, looked at the experiences of women who had gone through early pregnancy loss, such as miscarriage, terminations for foetal anomaly or stillbirth before 24 weeks.
In the UK, one in five pregnancies end in miscarriage and there are around 2,000 terminations following pre-natal screening each year. BBC News
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