Miscarriage as a family experience – psycho-pedagogical aspects of a prenatal loss

Abstract

Miscarriage in the reception of the family is always the kind of difficult experience. It is an irretrievable loss, which both parents, and sometimes siblings have to face and which produces a lot of painful emotions. The most common reaction to the miscarriage is grief, depression, ankiety and guilt. Parents who have lost a prenatal child, they need to experience the time for mourning with all its inherent stages. As the results of studies, some rituals, such as a funeral for a child or giving him a name could by helpful for parents with micarriages. After the mature experience of mourning parents can search for a deeper meaning to the drama. At this moment begins the process of forgiving and forgetting himself, they return to active contact with the people around them.