Have your pregnant patients had the difficult conversation?
Naomi Marston
Award winning Specialist Baby & Pregnancy Loss Counsellor Trauma/PTSD Therapist
Around 800,000 women in the UK become pregnant each year.
More than 40,000 will be told there is a risk that their baby has a serious condition or abnormality at their 20-week pregnancy scan
Yet, how many couples have discussed this scenario with each other beforehand?
What would they do if they received the devastating news that their baby had a serious, life-limiting, or lethal condition or told that the outlook is very uncertain?
Naturally, this causes a great deal of anxiety and uncertainty.
To support these parents further shouldn't we be signposting them for specialist emotional support?
Would you know where to advise them to go?
Naomi at Lifecare counselling offers non-directive information and support to parents before, during and after antenatal screening; when parents discover their baby has an anomaly and have to make a decision about continuing with or ending a pregnancy.
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TEL: 07904 091563
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