With advances in prenatal care, especially ultrasound imaging, loss of pregnancy has become more meaningful at an earlier stage for fathers as well as mothers. In many cases, the grieving USA: National Institute Mental Health. process can be different for men and women. Traumatic events like pregnancy loss can put extreme pressure on our primary [...]

Survivor guilt is the feeling of guilt we get when we have survived something that someone else hasn’t. Generally, we think of survivor guilt relating to a major disaster such as an earthquake or plane crash, but survivor guilt is not exclusive to this type of tragedy. Survivor guilt can be experienced within the realm [...]

Guilt, quite simply, is unresolved anger that we have turned inward against ourselves. It is usually related to something that we have or haven’t done. Guilt can also feel like shame and denial and leaves us restricted mentally, emotionally and often physically. Guilt can also lead us to bury our fears and secret beliefs about [...]

Although there are several different models of grief, the most commonly accepted version has five stages. These five stages look different on all of us, but there are always five – denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.[1] After a loss, not everyone goes through the stages of grief in the same way. We can’t be [...]

Because pregnancy loss is not always seen as a ‘legitimate’ loss, parents often receive little or no assistance, especially in isolated areas where support services are not readily available. As human beings moving through a grieving process, we naturally look for the care and attention of others. We crave contact with people who can accept [...]