About Pregnancy & Childbirth: Men and Pregnancy Loss

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Men and Pregnancy Loss Oct 13th 2012, 10:08 So much time and attention is given to mothers after a pregnancy loss, but men suffer too.  Here's what one dad had to say: "What greatness might the future have held for you and your baby? The overwhelming sense of loss of the unknown can eat away at your psyche, as easily as termites eat through wood, leaving behind a fragile shell, with all of your future plans taken away, leaving nothing but a vacuous void. The loss of what might have been can be as great as any pain you have ever felt. In the shadow of such pain and loss, how can anything you say or do possibly make you partner's grief any less?" Even with the pain of his own that you can hear in his words, he knows that he is also being held to the societal standard of caring for the mother of his child.  What a weight that must be to bear for men who are suffering too... What's your advice or how have you dealt with a pregnancy loss as a man or for men? Related: One Miscarriage, One Man, One Woman: Three Views of the Same Pregnancy Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Join the conversation! NEWSLETTER | PINTEREST | TWITTER FACEBOOK | GOOGLE+ | CONNECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photo © Barbara Penoyar/Getty Images Men and Pregnancy Loss originally appeared on About.com Pregnancy & Childbirth on Saturday, October 13th, 2012 at 10:08:37. Permalink | Comment | Email this

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