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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Perinatal loss"”.
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Presentation, Structure, and Storytelling of Perinatal Loss Memory Boxes
<p>Perinatal loss is a profound and life-altering experience for patients, families, and the healthcare professionals who care for them. Memory boxes are a customary component of perinatal bereavement care, intended to support continuing bonds by preserving tangible connections between bereaved …
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How mothers experience personal growth after a perinatal loss
… Both stillbirths and neonatal deaths comprise perinatal deaths. This type of bereavement constitutes a traumatic loss and although there is a plethora of research focusing on the resulting parental psychopathology, research on adaptive grief resolution and posttraumatic growth is scarce. …
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The Meaning of Grief after Perinatal Loss to Nigerian Women
… Washington Abstract The Meaning of Grief after Perinatal Loss to Nigerian Women Laeticia N. Egesi Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Professor Ira Kantrowitz-Gordon Department of Family & Child Nursing Perinatal loss can be a devastating event in the lives of families all over the world. In all …
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PERINATAL LOSS – BEREAVEMENT CARE EXPERIENCES OF INDIANA WOMEN AND HEALTH PROVIDER PERSPECTIVES
Background: Perinatal bereavement care after a miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death is understudied in Indiana. The aims of this dissertation study were five-fold: (1) to understand perinatal bereavement care experiences of Marion County, IN women, (2) to examine how women’s participation in …
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Effects of Nurse Caring Behaviors on Mothers' Anxiety and Attachment in Pregnancy Following Perinatal Loss
… estimated that 59% – 86% of women with previous perinatal loss will become pregnant again (O’Leary, 2004). There is limited research on what bereaved parents perceive as caring behaviors by nurses following the human experience of perinatal loss. The purpose of this research study was to …
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The significance of meaning-making, agency and social support: a narrative study of how poor women cope with perinatal loss
Perinatal loss (stillbirth or the death of a neonate) can result in considerable psycho-social disruption for mothers. As women grieve, they try to make meaning of the death of their baby. In contexts of social and economic deprivation, perinatal loss often occurs alongside other difficulties which …
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Beyond the Loss of a Child in the NICU: The Social Worker's Role
… with bereaved parents who have experienced perinatal loss in the NICU and revealed contributing factors for current medical social work practices. The accompanying article discusses the role of social workers and the areas that demonstrate their expertise. The article also conceptualizes the …
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The Visible and Invisible Aspects of Miscarriage: A Phenomenological, Hermeneutic, Imaginal Study
… dimensions of three women's lived experiences of perinatal loss and its aftermath. The study has a dual, but overlapping, focus on a holistic elaboration of women's lived experience of perinatal loss that includes these less articulated dimensions of experience, as well as a focus on the process …
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Emotion and Identity in the Transition to Parenthood
… research questions: 1) How do people experience perinatal loss? 2) What are parents’ experiences of working with nurses when their infant is in a neonatal critical care unit? 3) What emotions do men experience on their journey to fatherhood? The findings of this dissertation indicate that the …
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Women's experiences of miscarriage and termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly in Thailand: a phenomenological study
… Pregnancy is a major life event and the loss of pregnancy is an event with potential for adverse psychological outcomes. Although the understanding of grief after perinatal loss has progressed, there has been relatively little work specifically addressing the loss after miscarriage and …
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Rituals surrounding the care of the dying previable baby in labour ward: a critical interpretive synthesis of the literature
… the death of a previable baby when researching perinatal loss and formulating policy.
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Experiences of couples in pregnancy after stillbirth: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
… of couples will proceed to a pregnancy after loss, often within a very short timeframe of their index loss. However, little is known about how couples, as a unit, negotiate the experience of pregnancy after loss. Aim: To understand how couples, as a dyad, make sense of a pregnancy after …
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Transforming student midwives 'lived' experience of caring for bereaved parents using high-fidelity simulation; an interpretative phenomenological analysis
… psychological well-being in the aftermath of the loss. Student midwives frequently encounter bereaved parents as part of their experience in clinical practice. Yet many students report feeling unprepared and anxious when caring for them during this difficult time. Consequently, midwifery students …
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"I Had to Hold it All Together": Miscarriage, Masculinity, and Men's Unmet Needs - A Reflexive Thematic Exploration
… defined in the UK as pregnancy loss before 24 weeks (NHS, 2022), affects up to one in five pregnancies (Koki et al., 2025), yet men’s experiences remain significantly under-researched (Obst & Due, 2021). Existing literature and clinical care predominantly prioritise women, …
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The impact of bereavement intervention on levels of grief in pregnant women who experience pre-twenty-week loss
… week of gestation (Craven & Wise, 2002). Such losses can be devastating for the woman and her family. However, the psychological impacts of these losses are frequently not addressed by the health care establishment as attention is focused on the woman's immediate physiological needs. This study …
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Managing Ambiguity: Nurses Caring for the Mother of a Stillborn Baby
<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p><strong>Purpose</strong>: The aim of this study was to describe and conceptualize the experiences and processes involved when labor and delivery nurses provide care to women experiencing<strong> </strong>a stillbirth.</p> <p><strong>Background</strong>: The care …