{"id":18630,"date":"2013-08-04T14:24:43","date_gmt":"2013-08-04T14:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stillbirthday.com\/?page_id=18630"},"modified":"2013-08-04T18:51:43","modified_gmt":"2013-08-04T18:51:43","slug":"holding-umbrellas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/holding-umbrellas\/","title":{"rendered":"Holding Umbrellas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parenting living children while also grieving, is hard work.\u00a0 Here is a list of supportive resources to help.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/121667841\/hand-holding-umbrella-illustration-with\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18631\" title=\"Holding Umbrellas tee\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2013\/08\/tee-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can share here.\u00a0 You can share,\u00a0the birth story of your baby who is not alive,\u00a0the birth story of your baby who is alive,\u00a0Love Letters, Still Parenting journals\u00a0and just, glimpses of your journey here.\u00a0 Just use our <a title=\"Sharing\" href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/your-stories\" target=\"_blank\">sharing<\/a> tab.\u00a0 And, you can read what others have shared here, too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Grow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We at stillbirthday desire you to have realistic expectations about yourself, and about your journey.\u00a0 Reasonable expectations about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the painful aspects of your\u00a0grief<\/li>\n<li>the duration of your grief<\/li>\n<li>how postpartum “new motherhood” hormones and grief can intensify difficult feelings<\/li>\n<li>how rearing living children impacts grief<\/li>\n<li>how grief impacts rearing living children<\/li>\n<li>your irrefutable, intrinsic worthiness as a parent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sometimes exploring these things authentically requires a little help.\u00a0 That’s what this collection of thoughts and resources are for.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grief support & Postpartum Wellness support<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a title=\"Conception Preparation\" href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/2011\/07\/25\/recurrent-miscarriage\/\" target=\"_blank\">Conception preparation <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rainbow Pregnancy\" href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/2011\/12\/01\/getting-pregnant-again\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pregnant again after loss<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rainbow Birth Planning\" href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/2011\/09\/15\/subsequent-birth-planning\/\" target=\"_blank\">Birth planning again after loss<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Remember that you may need bereavement-specific support,<a title=\"Grief, Similar & Compounding Challenges\" href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/2011\/07\/26\/long-term-healingperspectives\/\" target=\"_blank\"> as well as <\/a>postpartum and new motherhood support, including keeping an eye out for challenges such as postpartum depression.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>More Resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Rearing Isn't Easy\" href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/2013\/07\/25\/rearing-isnt-easy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rearing Isn’t Easy <\/a>article<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Still Parenting\" href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/2013\/04\/12\/still-parenting\/\" target=\"_blank\">Still Parenting<\/a> journal opportunity<\/li>\n<li>Our <a title=\"SBD resources\" href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/2011\/07\/26\/long-term-healingperspectives\/\" target=\"_blank\">birth & bereavement diversity resources<\/a> have insights into special families, such as military, LGBT, and special needs<\/li>\n<li>Crisis support for <a title=\"Maternal death, prevention, awareness and support\" href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/2011\/07\/25\/maternal-death\/\" target=\"_blank\">suicide-vulnerable mothers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nkLaJYVl7Yw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"450\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This video was put together by caring mothers after the tragic deaths of baby Nicolas, Anna, and their mother Lisa, who is believed to have suffered with untreated postpartum mental unwellness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parenting living children while also grieving, is hard work.\u00a0 Here is a list of supportive resources to help. Connect You can share here.\u00a0 You can share,\u00a0the birth story of your baby who is not alive,\u00a0the birth story of your baby who is alive,\u00a0Love Letters, Still Parenting journals\u00a0and just, glimpses of your journey here.\u00a0 Just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18630","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}