Pregnancy loss can be extremely devastating for a mother, couple and family. However, it is a loss that isn’t always recognized as such, or through the culturally-specific rituals following death, depending on how far along the mother was in the pregnancy. In this post, I focus on how to offer support to a grieving mother following the loss of her baby (or babies, if she was pregnant with multiples). The following is a list I’ve compiled of 12 ways to support a mother following this loss, particularly if she had been undergoing infertility treatment, which further complicates this loss.
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