I need advice please

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I'm a HV and recently one of the mums who I care for lost a tiny baby, baby was a twin and so I have seen her since this. I don't want to intrude in the families grief, yet I feel that it would be appropriate to pay my respects as I have seen the family antenatally and since their birth. Did anyones health visitor attend a babys funeral and was it appreciated or did it feel intrusive. Thank you in advance x

Anyone?

My health visitor wanted to attend my sons, but had a training day. I would have liked her to have been there if she could. She has known my family for 3 years.

I would drop a nice card in to let them know they are in your thoughts. I would have felt very unsettled if my HV showed up at my babies funerals. Its lovely of you to want to though.

When my daughter was stillborn two years ago we had a very small funeral with only immediate family, the only other person who came was my lovely midwife who had delivered her.

She sent me a message a couple of days before saying she would like to come, and would it be ok.

I was very touched that she came, it felt right that she was there as she had been involved with my pregnancy, she was closer in a way to my baby than my family who never even got to see her.

Why don't you ask if they would be happy if you went.

Alternatively Missymoomoomee's idea is good. One of my neighbours quietly dropped a card through the door on the morning of the funeral simply saying that she was thinking of me that day. It meant a lot.

I have seen her and gave her a card when I visited and will be with her for some time as I care for the babys twin brother, so I did go and tried to be inconspicuos. I had to make a decision so that I could let my childminder know that I would be late to collect and unfortunately didn't see these responses by then as I was working. I just hope she wasn't unsettled by me being there and that I just wanted to show the family that I care x