The Certificate of Childbirth Attendance (CeDAP) is the official tool by which the National Health Service collects data on birth events: clinical, demographic and epidemiological information that makes it possible …
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I interviewed Federica Attanasi, author of “The Shape of Emptiness,” a poetic collection of words and images about perinatal grief. Writing has been my way of breathing inside the void. …
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Life after lossPerinatal human rightsPerinatal Psychology
Perinatal bereavement and return to work: evidence, challenges, and what to do to be helpful.
The loss of a child is a deeply traumatic event that not only affects the personal sphere but is intertwined with the working and social lives of those affected. Although …
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AssociationLife after lossUncategorized
Going through grief: the calendar of meetings for parent members 2026
New 2026 meetings for parent members We will walk together again this year, to go through the mourning Going through grief online meetings, Friday afternoons, 6-8 p.m. Feb. 20: The …
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Perinatal PsychologyUncategorized
Intervision and supervision with CiaoLapo: a space for those dealing with perinatal bereavement
Taking care of caregivers Working in the field of perinatal health, and in particular alongside women, couples and families who have experienced perinatal bereavement, means daily exposure to complex stories, …
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Grieving, at first, takes away our words, takes them away, hides them, breaks them, empties them of meaning. For weeks, months, years, bereaved parents know that one of the most …
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Scientific researchTestimonials
Midwives and perinatal bereavement care: preliminary findings from the Memory Box project
We have been involved in training in Italian hospitals since 2007; in 2022, we launched the Memory Box project, which has already involved thousands of hospital health workers, students and …
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In the United States, the rate of fetal death in utero after 20 weeks, known as stillbirth or stillbirth in English, is back on the rise, reaching 5.7 per 1,000 …
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Perinatal MedicineTestimonials
The time I was closest to giving life was also the time I was closest to death
In an interview with The Guardian, Florence Welch, lead singer and songwriter of Florence + The Machine, spoke for the first time about the extrauterine pregnancy she experienced in the …
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AssociationPerinatal Psychology
“Demeter’s Library”: bibliotherapy in obstetrics and gynecology wards
It kicks off after five years of planning “Demeter’s Library”, the bibliotherapy project sponsored by APS CiaoLapo ETS in the hospital wards of obstetrics and gynecology, aimed at hospitalized women …
