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What to Expect During a D&C or D&E

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D&C means: dilation and curettage, which is a small surgical procedure that is sometimes performed when a pregnancy is no longer viable and miscarriage is imminent. D&E means: dilation and evacuation, usually refers to a second trimester procedure carried out in a similar way that a D&C, but uses a vacuum tool when a pregnancy is [...]

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Real Advice: Pregnancy After Loss

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Real advice is where we ask you, the community what helped in real life. Your advice and tips instead of the “expert” opinions from someone who may not have had to live through it. We pose a question on our Facebook page and look to you to help those looking for real how-to advice.  ****** “For anyone [...]

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Real Advice: “How To I Tell People My Baby Died?”

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Real advice is where we ask you, the community what helped in real life. Your advice and tips instead of the “expert” opinions from someone who may not have had to live through it. We pose a question on our Facebook page and look to you to help those looking for real how-to advice.  ****** “How do [...]

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How to Help Your Wife/Partner Through Perinatal Loss & Grief

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When we hear that someone had a miscarriage, stillbirth or a neonatal death of a child, we want to help them, but unless we’ve been through it ourselves, we can seem paralyzed with not knowing what to do to help. When it’s your wife or partner who is going through the physical loss, there can [...]

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Real Advice: “What Do You Wish More People Knew About Loss & Grief?”

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Real advice is where we ask you, the community what helped in real life. Your advice and tips instead of the “expert” opinions from someone who may not have had to live through it. We pose a question on our Facebook page and look to you to help those looking for real how-to advice.  ****** What do [...]

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Real Advice: “How Do I Help My Wife/Partner?”

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Real advice is where we ask you, the community what helped in real life. Your advice and tips instead of the “expert” opinions from someone who may not have had to live through it. We pose a question on our Facebook page and look to you to help those looking for real how-to advice.  ****** [...]

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Life After Loss: Managing Milk Production After Loss

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Our bodies treat the birth of our silent children the same as it would a living child. Second trimester miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death brings with it an added trigger of milk production. Typically, 2-7 days after birth, milk production starts and it can not only be a big trigger, but physically painful as well. [...]

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Symptoms of Grief

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Grief is defined as an emotional reaction to a significant loss. It can be used to describe the loss of a friend, family member, spouse, pet, marriage and is also used to define loss due to miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death. By definition if you look at how grief is identified “perinatal grief” is grief [...]

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