My lovely dad finally lost his battle against cancer and having never experienced death or grief before I'm finding it so overwhelming, esp being pregnant.
In so many ways we couldn't have asked for more - he was given 6 months when diagnosed and lasted 2 years meaning he was around for both the birth and first birthday of my DS1 (his first and only grandchild), he made it to his 70th where we had a big family party, and even though he suffered terribly in his last weeks and never made it home from hospital as was his wish, he died peacefully in the arms of my mum with me and my sister by his side. I just can't stop thinking about his last breaths and how utterly profound the whole experience was... feels so unreal.
I haven't given the new baby a second thought all pregnancy and worried about how I will cope grieving and being a mum of 2 under 2 (I live at the opposite end of the country to any family so will be mostly doing it on my own - DH is amazingly supportive but works fulltime). Any advice from anyone who has been in a similar situation?
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5 months pregnant and I lost my dad yesterday :-(
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starfish12 · 12/02/2015 08:21
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