Understanding the Meaning of a Rainbow Baby: Hope After the Storm

   

Understanding the Meaning of a Rainbow Baby: Hope After the Storm

Do You Know What Is A Rainbow Baby: Rainbow, a beautiful image full of 7 vivid colors and luck in life, after the rain, the sun stops and a rainbow will appear. Bring joy, hope for a good new day. The term ‘rainbow baby’ duy to a healthy baby born to parents who ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇᴅ a ᴘʀᴇᴠɪᴏᴜs ʟᴏss through ᴍɪsᴄᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ, sᴛɪʟʟʙɪʀᴛʜ, ( The ᴘᴀssɪɴɢ of a baby shortly after birth)

The symbolism of the term comes from the idea that a rainbow only appears after the ᴅᴀʀᴋɴᴇss of a rainy, sᴛᴏʀᴍʏ sky, just like rainbow babies are only born after the ᴘᴀɪɴ of ʟᴏss. Today, many people associate it with rainbow-themed photos that are meant to convey hope and healing. Through these ʟᴏsses, parents prepare and look forward to a new baby, called a rainbow baby.  A ‘rainbow baby’ is about more than just beautiful photographs. Expectant parents often have mixed emotions during pregnancy and after birth as they ɴᴀᴠɪɢᴀᴛᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇᴍᴏʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ the child they ʟᴏsᴛ while also celebrating a new life.

 

Emotions During Pʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ a Rainbow baby

While you are Pʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ with a rainbow baby, you should expect to feel a range of different – and sometimes ᴄᴏɴꜰʟɪᴄᴛɪɴɢ – emotions. It is common to feel hope, joy, and ᴇxᴄɪᴛᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ one moment, then ᴀɴxɪᴇᴛʏ, ɴᴇʀᴠᴏᴜsɴᴇss, and ꜰᴇᴀʀ the next. You may even experience both at once. This seemingly ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴅɪᴄᴛᴏʀʏ experience is partly because you may still be ɢʀɪᴇᴠɪɴɢ your ʟᴏss. You are sᴀᴅ about your ʟᴏsᴛ ʙᴀʙʏ, partly out of concern for your ꜰᴇᴛᴜs’s ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ .

 

 

Some worry that their happiness feels like they aren’t honoring their ʟᴏsᴛ child. Mood is always thinking about the ᴘᴀsᴛ. Therefore, it is difficult for them to be happy as if nothing had happened. If you’re supporting a friend or partner through your rainbow baby Pʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ, remember that the best thing you can do is be there to listen. Try not to ᴊᴜᴅɢᴇ or ᴅɪsᴍɪss their feelings. Check in with them as their Pʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ progresses and consider helping them find ways to celebrate their rainbow baby while still honoring the child they ʟᴏsᴛ. That is the best way you can help them ɴᴀᴠɪɢᴀᴛᴇ this ᴄᴏɴꜰᴜsɪɴɢ and emotional time.