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I am a student midwife as well as a staff member in NICU and I had an
interesting experience in relation to the bonds formed with parents of babes
admitted into NICU.
Unfortunately, one of the babe's who had been there long-term had lost the
battle to survive and passed away. A difficult situation for any parent of
another infant to witness, as it starts to bring questions to the surface
such as "is my baby going to make it?' and "did the staff do all they
could?" and so forth.
The touching aspect of the story was that two mothers of gravely ill babe's
attended the funeral, to show support and grieve in their own way for the
lost child.
I found this to be a huge undertaking for these parents, but also a very
touching gesture, which I hope was received well.
I think these kinds of inevitable bonds are often forgotten by staff, and it
is nice to be reminded that there are people whom, despite their own
difficult circumstances are willing to offer their presence to say "im here
for you".
