Women’s Emotions and Concerns During Pregnancy Following Perinatal Loss
MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child NursingPublished 1 May 2001Open access
Denise Côté‐Arsenault, Deborah Bidlack, Ashley Humm
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Clinicians should be cognizant of the constellation of concerns and the simultaneous contrasting emotions experienced by women pregnant after a previous perinatal loss in order to provide supportive prenatal care.
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Women pregnant after a previous perinatal loss are skeptical about pregnancy. Clinicians should be cognizant of the constellation of concerns and the simultaneous contrasting emotions experienced by these women in order to provide supportive prenatal care. Because the women's concerns are ongoing, responsive care should include asking about specific concerns throughout the pregnancy.
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