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How to bond with a new baby after infant loss

We lost our first child in infancy and now I am pregnant again and I am terrified to get attached in case something goes wrong.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Previous reproductive trauma can create protective mechanisms that interfere with necessary attachment processes.

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