In a message dated 01/13/2004 8:48:54 PM EST, [log in to unmask]
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<< Continuous support should be provided for a family that is suffering an
 unanticipated loss or loss of a desired child>>

This phrase struck me. It is supposed to mean something as a clinical term
that I don't know about - do NICUs make distinctions between the grief of a
mother whose child is "desired" and somehow know when children are not "desired"?
Does it have to do with a family that knows the baby may die and has never
bonded or is emotionally separating after realizing this, or is it just weird
writing?
Wondering again,
Judy LeVan Fram, PT, IBCLC

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