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Conception after loss
No subsequent pregnancy replaces the baby who didn't survive. Often women feel desperate to fall pregnant again, and challenges associated with conception can be particularly stressful and painful following loss. The path through fertility may have been fraught, which can compound the grief you may be experiencing. 

Pregnancy after loss
Understandably anxiety can be high in subsequent pregnancies, after loss. Many women feel hesitant or fearful to bond with their baby in a later pregnancy, sometimes feeling guilty to do so. The road forward may involve processing your grief, honouring your lost child, and making a new space for the baby you are next expecting.

Parenting after loss
Mixed emotions can arise in parenting a subsequent child after loss. For example, parents can feel torn between their grief for their lost child, and their love for their next child. They can feel guilty for experiencing positive feelings. A common difficulty bereaved parents face is coming to terms with knowing that their living child would not be here if their previous child had not died.
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