One in six women experience long-term post-traumatic stress following miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy. This is the finding of the largest ever study into the psychological impact of early-stage pregnancy loss, from scientists at Imperial College London and KU Leuven in Belgium.

ISUOG wishes you all a happy new year! In our first newsletter for 2020, ISUOG President Katia Bilardo welcomes our new trustees and introduces ISUOG's new interim CEO, Johan Vos. Further, she extends a warm thanks to all those involved in our community and explains our goals for this coming year. In this month’s newsletter you can find a wide variety of research on topics such as the outcome of twin pregnancy with two live fetuses at 11–13 weeks, ISUOG’s upcoming events and education courses, this month's Journal highlights, what's new from Outreach, and much more.

The January issue of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology is completely free to access and includes a randomized controlled trial on elective delivery at 34 weeks vs routine obstetric care in fetal gastroschisis, a study on the outcome of twin pregnancy with two live fetuses at 11–13 weeks, a comparative analysis of the of the 2-year outcomes in the GRIT and TRUFFLE trials, a study on the ratio of fetal choroid plexus to head size as a first-trimester sonographic marker of open spina bifida, a study comparing brain microstructure after prenatal spina bifida repair by either laparotopy-assisted fetoscopic or open approach, and an analysis of copy-number variations associated with early pregnancy loss.

Registration is now open for many of our courses in 2020, ranging from twins to fetal echocardiography and Basic Training courses. Find out more and register now!