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The Red Nose Grief and Loss ASK Online Catalogue
Much research is undertaken in Australia and internationally into perinatal death, Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI), Sudden Unexpected Death in Childhood and adolescence and grief and bereave...
Grief and Trauma: Matching Theory With Experiential Knowledge
What Is Grief? Grief is the natural and normal response to the death of a loved one. Grief is the pain experienced following a loved one’s death. Grief is unique to each person. Everyone griev...
Supporting Parents Through Grief After a Stillbirth or Perinatal Death
By Adj Assoc Professor Leanne Raven, CEO Red Nose , Jill Green, National Co-ordinator of Services, Red Nose and Petra den Hartog, Bereavement Counsellor, Red Nose.1
What Do Bereaved Parents Want Health Professionals to Know?
The death of a baby or child during pregnancy, infancy or childhood is a devastating experience for parents. The care that bereaved parents receive in the immediate days, weeks and months following th...
Our Employee’s Child Has Died – How Can We Help?
When a baby or child dies The death of a baby or child can be a devastating experience. Grief can take over the whole being, and it is not uncommon for bereaved parents to feel pain and despair, ange...
The Treasured Babies Program
The Treasured Babies Program aims to acknowledge and honour the life of newborn babies who have died, regardless of their gestational age and to support bereaved parents in a practical and tangible wa...
The Experience of a Miscarriage
“It seems like a wisp of time that you were here. Places ache inside as I silently mourn.” The loss of a baby at any stage of pregnancy can have a profound impact on parents.
Why Does Early Pregnancy Loss Occur?
Generally, a miscarriage occurs when a baby dies and the pregnancy ends. Miscarriage is generally defined as the loss of a baby prior to the twentieth week of gestation. When discussing a miscarriage ...
The Days and Weeks Ahead After a Miscarriage
Facing the reality of everyday life after the loss may be difficult. Parents often feel that their lives have been turned upside down, yet it seems for everyone else that life is going on normally. Te...
Men’s Reactions to a Miscarriage
Following the loss of a baby the emotional needs of the father may be at times overlooked. Fathers may also be experiencing a wide range of feelings: feeling responsible and protective towards their p...