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Nothing is more devastating than losing a child.
When that child dies as a newborn or before, parents and family members have to deal with a grief that is not really appreciated or understood by society, according to Lynn Batcher, Chaplain with Trinity s Pastoral Care Department. Many of these parents feel disenfranchised. The logic goes that if a parent or family member hasn t really known the child, the child won t be missed as much. This just isn t true. Parents bond with their child long before the infant is born.