ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with how we may feel, and how to cope mentally during and after pregnancy loss. Just as pregnancy loss can be experienced in different ways by different people, if we have had more than one loss we may react differently for each one. Stigma about mental health also means we are unwilling to admit to mental distress for fear of being labelled 'mad', being hospitalized, or otherwise shunned or excluded. Advice is confidential and if we need additional mental health care this will be seen in context of our loss and not be taken as any indicator of our ability to be a good parent now, or in the future. Amy Wenzel (2014) American Psychological Association is a very comprehensive and reassuring guide to understanding our feelings, and coping with our emotions including ones that may feel self-destructive or disturbing.
