You may be wondering how to even begin the process of telling your children about the diagnosis affecting their baby brother or sister. Know that there is no perfect set of words when it comes to this experience.
For Parents
Lactation After Loss: Expression, Donation, and Suppression
When a woman loses a baby, her body still responds in the way it was designed: to produce sustenance for the life she spent months growing and nurturing.
Pregnancy After Loss: A Parent’s Guide
No matter if you are the mother or father, or this is your first or third pregnancy after loss, your experience matters.
A Father’s Insight: Andy Schoonover
Families need to be notified of all the options they have when they encounter a prenatal diagnosis. They have the choice to terminate or to carry their babies to term. Both choices should be communicated clearly and without bias.
A Conversation with the Founders of Carrying To Term
Carrying To Term’s mission and vision are the result of two broken-hearted parents who love with abandon and genuinely want to see the standard of care improve and change for other parents facing a prenatal diagnosis of a life-limiting condition.
Carrying To Term Versus Carrying To Full Term
We explore the difference between these two commonly used phrases.
The Power of Sharing Your Story
As parents facing the loss of your baby to a life-limiting condition, you have a story wholly unique and worthy of being told.
Triggers
A trigger is something that initiates- or triggers- memories, emotions, or even flashbacks that bring you back, mentally and emotionally, to the moment of diagnosis, loss, or intense feelings of grief.
Going Home Without a Baby
There is no guidebook for what it is like to leave the hospital with empty arms.
Counseling and Support
The type of support you need will vary based on your personal experience, grief, needs, and expectations.
Range of Emotions
While you might not be able to control the emotions you feel, you can control how you act as a result of them.
An In-depth Look at the Birth Plan Tool
Created and designed by parents who know firsthand how difficult this process can be, the Birth Plan Tool helps parents facing a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis feel heard and confident in their decisions on delivery day.