There’s a knowledge gap about miscarriages in the U.S., and researchers hope to close it
Megan Hanson was eight weeks pregnant in 2019 when she experienced a miscarriage — her sixth consecutive loss in as many years. It felt particularly cruel after a second IVF transfer. She and her husband, Ben Burnham, were devastated, physically and financially drained — and deeply frustrated by the lack of answers or support for people like them who had experienced recurrent miscarriages.
Driving to a Seattle clinic for surgery to remove fetal tissue, the two felt the heaviness of the moment. They knew they were done trying. Over the previous six years they had become medical sleuths, reading studies, speaking to doctors, and examining all treatments possible. Most doctors pinned Hanson’s losses on fetal abnormalities, but she felt there was more to it. The fact that her miscarriages were unexplained, she says now, was “unacceptable.”
