My sister lost her baby 2 weeks ago at 23 weeks. It was/is tragically sad & she's devastated. Baby was diagnosed with spina bifida (this is first baby after 7 miscarriages) She's gone through the labour & is so upset.
It turns our that our aunt has spina bifida but never told anyone & has only come to light in the past few days & as it's such a mild form she never knew till she had an x-ray for her back trouble a few years ago. This has set my sis back & she's now very angry that she never told anyone so increased folic acid could be taken. She's rowing with our Mum about it, she nows she's bring slightly irrational but she feels very hard done by. She had cancer at 20 & had chemo for 6months but is Ok now...so really she has had her fair share of bad luck.
I know this is part of getting over something, the anger but it's breaking my heart. I know she needs to grieve & I've cried & cried about this whole awful nightmare.
What can I do for her? I am there for her - I've got a 17mo baby & she doesn't want to be swamped by a baby right now - is there a book you could reccomend I could get for her, or something I could do that I'm not thinking of?
Any advice gratefully recieved please....?
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Jasmum · 17/02/2004 14:38
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