Through interviews with eight couples, researchers have described a number of common themes. Deciding to get pregnant following a stillbirth is not undertaken lightly. The couples approached the decision with …
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Researchers have carried out a systematic review of research on how men respond to the loss of a pregnancy or the death of their newborn. Findings related to both men’s …
Following a scoping review of 27 studies of men’s reactions to stillbirth or neonatal death, researchers have found that men and women tend to grieve differently after the death of …
A small study from Australia, involving interviews with eight fathers after the loss of a pregnancy, identifies inadequate support for men in this situation. Their experience of support from health …
A review of research on stillbirth in low and middle-income countries touches on the important family dimension of grief and support, but makes no practical recommendations for how to respond …
Men report many of the same feelings of grief as women do in response to a pregnancy loss. Men are more likely, however, to hide their feelings, for example by …
A third recent systematic review of stillbirth research (we have already reported on two of them) focuses on the social consequences of stillbirth. The review covered 144 studies during the …
A second review of research on supporting families after still birth has been published just a month later than the last review on stillbirth that we reported. Though some of …
A review of literature on supporting parents who have experienced a stillbirth – the death of a baby after 20 weeks in utero until immediately before birth – has concluded …
Sands, a not-for-profit bereavement service in Australia, has launched a new helpline run by fathers for fathers who have been affected by miscarriage, stillbirth or newborn death. Sands CEO, Andre …