Meditation and Mindfulness for Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

The loss of a desired pregnancy is a significant negative life event associated with grief comparable to the grief after a peri‐ or neonatal death. Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) defined as 3 or more pregnancy losses affects approximately 3% of couples trying to have children. Most cases of RPL are unexplained and have no effective treatment to improve the chance of a live birth. 42% of the women referred to RPL Unit in Rigshospitalet has a high stress level where as it's 22% in the background population trying to achieve parenthood. It's also known that 8,8% of RPL patients have a depression at referral where as it's 2,2 % in the background population trying to achieve parenthood. This study will investigate if a 7 weeks course in meditation and mindfulness is a useful tool to reduce stress and the psychological consequences for women and their partner treated in RPL Unit in Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen. Furthermore this study will investigate if there's a marital benefit from practicing meditation and mindfulness. The investigators will use four different scales to measure the participants stress, depression, marital benefit and fertility stress. Also the investigators will measure the participants before and after the intervention and 12 months after. All participants will have to complete: 1. Major Depression Index, a validated self‐rating depression scale, which is used both clinically and in epidemiological studie. The 6‐point Likert scale ranges from 0 (no depression) to 50 (extreme depression). 2. Perceived Stress Scale, which is a validated 10‐item‐self‐reporting scale for stress symptoms. The 5 point Likert scale ranges from 0 (no stress) to 40 (extreme stress). 3. The COMPI Fertility Problem Stress Scale, a validated scale measuring the impact of RPL on the woman and her interpersonal relationships. 4. The COMPI Marital Benefit Scale measuring if RPL has reinforced the couples mariage/relationship. The investigators assume that meditation and mindfulness can improve the quality of life for the RPL patients and their coping strategies. It's the investigators purpose to contribute with new knowledge in this area for current and future patients. The RPL Unit in Rigshospitalet doesn't have any psychological support apart from ordinary attention from the nurses. This study has the potential to establish mental health support as a supplement to the medical and clinical treatment for RPL patients, which is in high demand.