"Professional miscarriage care but unanswered questions"

Recently I found out I was pregnant. At 6 weeks I started bleeding. I phoned the Early Pregnancy Assessment Service (EPAS) at the Princess Royal Maternity Unit, left a voicemail and was phoned back later that day. The midwife on the phone arranged a scan within 48 hours to confirm my suspicions.

When arriving at EPAS I was seen, scanned and had my bloods checked to exclude ectopic pregnancy within 15 minutes.

The staff were all professional and timely.

The issue I have is not with professionalism or efficiency but with lack of guidance and aftercare. I attended the appointment with several questions on what to do next/ comes next/ future pregnancy management, and had no opportunity to ask any questions. Even if I was discharged with an advice leaflet that answered the questions, that would have been helpful, but there was nothing.

The psychological impact of a miscarriage varies especially if you have been trying to conceive for a while, but again there was no discussion on any of these topics or even advice on the best resources to refer to.

I understand that the service is extremely busy but a thought to aftercare and the opportunity to ask questions would be far more beneficial to a woman who is miscarrying.