When the baby was anticipated with joy and excitement, the loss can seem unbearable. These feelings are not only experienced by the mother. The entire family mourns the loss. Both parents might have feelings of guilt or inadequacy, wondering what they did wrong even though in most cases they did nothing wrong at all. The father is often overlooked by friends in expressions of sympathy, and feels forgotten even though he is grieving, too.
Grandparents feel terrible sadness and many times they feel powerless to help.
There has, after all, been a death in the family. The House of Mercy staff is ready to help you come to terms with your loss and begin to heal, to understand and deal with the mourning process.