Stages of Grief
People think that grief is only for those that have lost someone, but there are all sorts of situations that can cause an individual to go through the grieving process--divorce, losing a job, breaking-up, and having a child being diagnosed with some form of disorder. You find out you are pregnant, and people ask you what you want--a boy or girl. What do most people say? I don't care, as long as the baby is healthy. The day you find out your child is not healthy-whether it's discovered during the pregnancy, at birth, or when the child is 7 years ago--you are very likely to start going through the five stages of grief. 5 Stages of Grief Stage One: Denial and Isolation All we kept saying was no. Not our baby. Everything is ok. We can explain every single one of these “markers”. There’s no way anything can be wrong with her. The pregnancy was perfect. There are no genetic syndromes in either family. You are wrong. Doctors can make mistakes too. It was easy to ...