‘I was hanging by a thread’: Coping with the emotional toll of 3 miscarriages

Ms Marian Nathan, her husband Andre Fletcher and their children (from left) Shane Luke, Kimberly Anne, Scarlett Rose and Cody Matthew Fletcher. ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG
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SINGAPORE – On the eve of Ms Marian Nathan’s first wedding anniversary in 2011, she was woken up by pain and a gushing feeling.

She thought she was peeing on the bed and tried to squeeze her pelvic muscles to stop the flow, but then realised her water bag had broken and she was going into labour.

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