“Similarly, a mother cannot bury a pregnancy, but she will need to decide to either cremate or bury herstillbornchild.” Adjective ▲ (figurative)Without influence, or unsuccessful from the outset “What characterizes thesestillbornattempts at radical transformation in comparison with serious contenders...
Elvis Presley’s birth was marked by tragedy. His older twin brother, Jessie Garon Presley, was stillborn and his death deeply wounded Elvis’s mother. As a result, she and Elvis’s father, Vernon, decided to never have any more children — Elvis would be their only son. In turn, Gl...
How many weeks old does a fetus have a fetal heart? Hello doctor, how many weeks old is a fetus when there is a heartbeat? My wife had an ultrasound and the doctor said the fetus is 8 weeks old but there is no heartbeat and said the fetus is stillborn. What does this...
To see or not to see: should parents hold their stillborn? Around one in 200 babies in the UK are stillborn. But what is the impact on parents allowed to see and hold their baby? Senior research fellow Penelope Turton outlines this contentious...
“Nulliparous” is a fancy medical word used to describea woman who hasn't given birth to a child. What does it mean gravida 2 para 1? For example, a woman who is described as 'gravida 2, para 2 (sometimes abbreviated to G2 P2) hashad two pregnancies and two deliveries after 24 we...
before birth or being stillborn. The weakened state of the baby might require that he is born by cesarean section. In addition, among many other risks, babies with intrauterine growth restriction might have a high red blood cell (RBC) count, a lowblood pressureor be more susceptible to ...
I had a beautiful stillborn son, Eddy, in 1995, and feel compelled to answer the heartbreaking question posed by several women on this site. Yes, you can absolutely go on to have healthy children after losing a baby, unless you have been specifically told otherwise by your doctor. ...
Sometimes its hard feeling like the world has moved on—away from our pain, our sadness—away from our baby. I sometimes think it’s easier for others to let go when a baby dies—especially when they are stillborn. To others, that baby was only an idea. There is nothing tangible to ...
As I crest the hill overlooking Pevely, Jackson Browne’s warped mantra sends a rush up my spine via the rear speakers: “Time running out, without a shadow of a doubt, time running out. …” There is something more than a little macabre about racing to a man’s execution. Life may ...
I am fearful because I want more time with them. I know what it is to lose loved ones – both sets of grandparents, a father, a mother, a stillborn baby sister, two cousins, two uncles, my own miscarried baby, my friends, and even acquaintances. The griefnevergoes away; you justlea...