[jebba]

<p>I woman I work with went into labor prematurely about a week ago.  They kept her in the hospital, and the baby died yesterday while still in utero.  She had to give birth to him after he was stillborn.</p>
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<p>I can't stop thinking about it.  I keep imagining what it must be like for her to tell her 4 year old daughter that the baby brother isn't coming home.  And going back to work and seeing everyone.  And being on the labor and delivery ward with a dead baby.</p>
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<p>I just wish there were anything I could do to help make it better.</p>

 

[kerfwango]

<p>Very sad. Can't imagine what she and her family are going through.</p>

 

[gretriever]

<p>That's just really so hard to imagine - what the family is and will be going through. I'm so sorry for them.</p>

 

[merigayle]

<p>I can never imagine and never want to. [more loss about to be mentioned.....] A friend had a stillborn last year, and knew before delivery (he was born at 20-something weeks, there was a chromosomal abnormality) and i cannot imagine having to deliver a dead baby. She had at the time a 3yo daughter. A patient of mine had stillborn twins last year and she said that everyone walks out of the hospital with babies and she walked out with two boxes/coffins. I just bawled right there in my office. I just could not imagine the pain she went thru. Just terrible.</p>
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<p>not sure what you can do for her except offer condoloences and maybe bring her a casserole or something. I dunno.</p>

 

[Grizzly]

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<p>Shouldn't have read this.  Hits too close to home.  Poor people.</p>

 

[GaReb770]

<p>I cannot imagine the pain, both mentally and physically  she is going through.  Best wishes to her and her family.</p>