Pushed aside: Canadian moms call for better miscarriage support [Video]

Alyssa Pinelli’s joy quickly turned to fear in 2019 when she found out she was miscarrying a week after finding out she was pregnant.

“We found out baby would be due in June, and then a week later, I experienced some bleeding, and it led to the horrific path it led to,” Pinelli says.

Doctors quickly discovered that the Brockville, Ont., woman had an ectopic pregnancy that had ruptured. An ectopic pregnancy is when the fetus develops outside of the womb, like in a fallopian tube, making it non-viable and life-threatening to the mother.

“I think my whole world just came crashing down again because it was so back and forth with doctors on what was happening with me… I couldn’t wrap my mind around it,” Pinelli recalls.

Though she received excellent physical treatment, Pinelli says mentally, the experience took a toll.

Despite her already having two children, she says she has struggled to return to daily life after …