Meeting the Needs of Parents Pregnant and Parenting After Perinatal Loss

<p>Despite research which highlights parents’ increased anxiety and risk of attachment issues with the pregnancy that follows a perinatal loss there is often little understanding that bereaved families may need different care in their subsequent pregnancies. This book explores the lived experience of pregnancy and parenting after a perinatal loss. </p><p>Meeting the Needs of Parents Pregnant and Parenting After Perinatal Loss develops a helpful framework which integrates continuing bonds and attachment theories to support prenatal parenting at each stage of pregnancy. Giving insight into how a parent’s world view of a pregnancy may have changed following a loss readers are provided with tools to assist parents on their journey. The book discusses each stage of a pregnancy as well as labor and the postpartum period before examining subjects such as multi-fetal pregnancies reluctant terminations use of support groups and the experiences of fathers and other children in the family. The chapters include up-to-date research findings vignettes from parents reflecting on their own experiences and recommendations for practice. </p><p>Written for researchers students and professionals from a range of health social welfare and early years education backgrounds this text outlines what we know about supporting bereaved families encountering the challenges of a subsequent pregnancy. </p>