= MY BABY IS EXPECTED TO DIE =

Many women who find out their baby is not expected to live and may die before or soon after the birth may be encouraged to consider an abortion (it may be talked about as a therapeutic termination).

Women and men who feel pressured to abort under these circumstances rarely have the same chance to grieve and to work through their loss. As well as dealing with the trauma of their baby dying, their grief is also complicated by the fact that they were part of the decision to end their baby’s life.

“They kept telling me it was the responsible thing to do . Where are they all now while I suffer by myself without ever having held my precious baby ?” - Maxine

However, those who choose to continue their pregnancies with the knowledge that their babies will die, either during birth or soon after, can find that through all the challenges of the situtation there is still a wonderful opportunity to hold, get to know and properly grieve the loss of their child. This can be shared with other supportive family members around them.

“We felt so much pressure to abort our child, even from the doctor. Even though our little boy died, we are so glad that we got to hold him and tell him how much we loved him, even for a little while.” - Ellen

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