Experiencing the loss of a baby is so tragic, however that also includes loss due to miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, still birth or unsuccessful IVF. As significant as these losses are there is such stigma, shame and guilt that women experience during this time and emerge as common themes.
Women who lose their babies are made to feel they should stay silent about their grief, either because miscarriage, stillbirth and IVF are still so common, or because they are perceived to be unavoidable. All of this takes an enormous toll on women.
Many women who lose a ‘baby’ can go on to develop mental health issues that last for months or years– even when they have gone on to have healthy babies. That is why we need to openly acknowledge and remember these losses.
The Red Nose Foundation was founded to do exactly this. Please find the link below to remember and nurture your own loss or the loss of a family member or friend…never shy away from speaking about that loss.
It is important to speak about grief and loss in general under all circumstances it gives people room to feel they cared about and not judged.
