A COUPLE who experienced a heartbreaking miscarriage have launched a support forum.

Emma Gibbs Ng and her husband Jonno, who live in Parkstone, had been struggling to conceive since they got married three years ago.

So when they discovered Emma was pregnant in September last year, they were ecstatic, describing themselves as being on “cloud nine”.

However, during the eight-week scan they were given the devastating news that a heartbeat could not be detected.

“Miscarriage is so common yet no one seems to talk about it and I felt completely lost and alone,” said Emma.

“It not only affects women but men as well and they are often the forgotten party during the aftermath.

“We experienced months of heightened emotions and feeling of helplessness, it was a loss that no one understood and we felt completely empty.”

Although Jonno and Emma feel the experience eventually made their relation-ship stronger, they think that often is not the case for other couples going through the same thing.

Emma added: “During this journey we have both experienced a lot of tough times. It is not always easy to communicate calmly and succinctly with each other as our individual emotions are running high.”

They have now set up the Accentus Life Fertility Forum to offer advice, provide a platform to share stories and allow for support networks to form. Emma hopes sharing her experience will help others, adding: “For women the natural assumption is it is your fault if you aren’t conceiving.

“I have had to endure several months of being told I haven’t done this right, or I am doing too much of something else.

“The pressure continued to build, which again makes you feel lonely.

“For us this wasn’t the case at all and Jonno had to deal with the fact that the main issue surrounding us not conceiving was due to his sperm.

“This had a huge impact on his confidence, his pride was dented and he felt a failure.”

For more information about the forum please visit: accentus-management.co.uk/fertility-support.