Grief Counseling Certification Article on Stillborn Grief

Posted on by Dominick Flarey

The loss of a child and stillborn birth is a very traumatic type of loss for parents.  This type of loss robs the parents of anything before life is able to experienced outside the womb.  Cases vary if the child dies before or during birth, but the blunt reality of losing one’s child on its birthday is a cold reality that few ever recover from.

The loss of a child at birth or prior to birth is a tragic event. Please also review our Grief Counseling Certification
The loss of a child at birth or prior to birth is a tragic event. Please also review our Grief Counseling Certification

The article, “Parents Mourning Stillbirth Follow Familiar Patterns on YouTube” by Christine Ro looks at some of the familiar patterns by parents from youtube.  The article states, 

“For 24 agonizing hours, Monica Franco-Pineda prepared to deliver a stillborn baby. She and her husband, Walter, had learned on Oct. 14, 2010, four days past her due date, that their son, Gabriel, no longer had a heartbeat. “I had a lot of time to digest what was going to happen,” she remembers.”

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