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avje delovno aktivne populacije | health of the working-age population 214 much time had passed from a miscarriage or stillbirth. Women that lost their
child in the 22nd week of pregnancy are showing stronger emotions of grief and
other painful feelings, memories, a need to talk about their child, to cry and
miss it etc.
The age of the mothers at the time of the loss also proved to be an im-
portant factor because it showed to be an important indicator of experiencing
grief with the participants. Namely the grieving process was more intensive
with mothers that had perinatal loss at the age 30 or older than mothers that
lost their child before reaching 30 years of age. The first group showed more in-
tensive feelings of grief and other painful emotions, memories, a need to talk
about their child, to cry and miss it etc.
From this we can conclude that the age of the mothers also has an im-
pact on the intensity of grief, or how deep it is and therefore the grieving pro-
cess is also longer.
The time that had passed from the loss of the child and to the time the
survey was carried out is also one of the important indicators that showed in
which grieving stage the participant was or if she already completed the griev-
ing process. Participants that experienced the loss of their child 24 months ago
are still expected to show certain grieving patterns in comparison to women,
who experienced the loss over 24 months ago. When the intensity of grief is so
strong that an individual cannot accept the loss, which can eventually lead to
depression and despair, it is called pathological grief (Peljhan, 2016). Results
of the conducted survey showed that in average women got pregnant again 15
months after the loss.
The results also showed a significant difference in experiencing grief
among the participants regarding the time that had passed from the loss of the
child. Women that experienced the loss of the child 24 months prior to con-
ducting the research (44 out of 108 participants) showed more intensive emo-
tions of grief and other painful feelings, memories, the need to talk about their
child, to cry and to miss it etc.
After the loss it is very important that the parents decide how long they
should wait to get pregnant again. In any case, there is no rule when is the right
time, but it is important that the woman lets herself grieve and deals with her
feelings of the loss. A little over one third of the women participating in the
survey were already pregnant again before they answered the questionnaire.
Only one participant got pregnant as soon as one month after the loss of her
child, which is rather fast. Regarding the theory of the grieving process, an in-
dividual after a critical loss barely moves from the stage of shock and realizes
the reality of the loss in one month, as the acute stage of the grieving lasts from
2 to 6 weeks (Velikonja, 1999). Among the women participating in the survey
the longest time that passed from the loss of the child to another pregnancy
was 5 years.
child in the 22nd week of pregnancy are showing stronger emotions of grief and
other painful feelings, memories, a need to talk about their child, to cry and
miss it etc.
The age of the mothers at the time of the loss also proved to be an im-
portant factor because it showed to be an important indicator of experiencing
grief with the participants. Namely the grieving process was more intensive
with mothers that had perinatal loss at the age 30 or older than mothers that
lost their child before reaching 30 years of age. The first group showed more in-
tensive feelings of grief and other painful emotions, memories, a need to talk
about their child, to cry and miss it etc.
From this we can conclude that the age of the mothers also has an im-
pact on the intensity of grief, or how deep it is and therefore the grieving pro-
cess is also longer.
The time that had passed from the loss of the child and to the time the
survey was carried out is also one of the important indicators that showed in
which grieving stage the participant was or if she already completed the griev-
ing process. Participants that experienced the loss of their child 24 months ago
are still expected to show certain grieving patterns in comparison to women,
who experienced the loss over 24 months ago. When the intensity of grief is so
strong that an individual cannot accept the loss, which can eventually lead to
depression and despair, it is called pathological grief (Peljhan, 2016). Results
of the conducted survey showed that in average women got pregnant again 15
months after the loss.
The results also showed a significant difference in experiencing grief
among the participants regarding the time that had passed from the loss of the
child. Women that experienced the loss of the child 24 months prior to con-
ducting the research (44 out of 108 participants) showed more intensive emo-
tions of grief and other painful feelings, memories, the need to talk about their
child, to cry and to miss it etc.
After the loss it is very important that the parents decide how long they
should wait to get pregnant again. In any case, there is no rule when is the right
time, but it is important that the woman lets herself grieve and deals with her
feelings of the loss. A little over one third of the women participating in the
survey were already pregnant again before they answered the questionnaire.
Only one participant got pregnant as soon as one month after the loss of her
child, which is rather fast. Regarding the theory of the grieving process, an in-
dividual after a critical loss barely moves from the stage of shock and realizes
the reality of the loss in one month, as the acute stage of the grieving lasts from
2 to 6 weeks (Velikonja, 1999). Among the women participating in the survey
the longest time that passed from the loss of the child to another pregnancy
was 5 years.
