What is a double rainbow baby?

A double rainbow baby is the term for a healthy baby born to parents who have experienced two previous losses. Getting Pregnant After a Pregnancy Loss.
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What is a golden baby?

angel baby: a baby that passes away, either during pregnancy or shortly after. born sleeping: a stillborn baby. golden baby or pot of gold: a baby born after a rainbow baby.
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What is a sunshine baby?

"Angel Baby," "Sunshine Baby," and "Rainbow Baby" are terms that refer to babies born just before or after another baby is lost due to a variety of reasons. They help immediate family members move through the grieving process and find meaning in the loss.
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Is every baby after a miscarriage a rainbow baby?

A rainbow baby is a baby born after miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, termination for medical reasons, stillbirth or neonatal death. The rainbow symbol has been used by members of the baby loss community for many years.
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Are Rainbow Babies special?

Why rainbow babies are special. A rainbow baby brings great joy after a very difficult time, and symbolizes hope and healing. But for parents who have experienced loss, rainbow babies are also treasured reminders. Feeling overcome with sadness over your previous pregnancy is normal.
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What is a butterfly baby?

Epidermolysis bullosa is a rare genetic condition that makes skin so fragile that it can tear or blister at the slightest touch. Children born with it are often called “Butterfly Children” because their skin seems as fragile as a butterfly wing. Mild forms may get better with time.
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What are Unicorn babies?

Babies who wake up every 2 hours to feed for weeks and weeks

Waking every 1-4 hours is much more common than babies who sleep 8 hours a night from birth (I like to call these super sleepers "unicorn babies" - I have heard of them, but have never experienced one myself).
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Are you still a mom after miscarriage?

Miscarriage is defined as the loss of a pregnancy, also known as the loss of your unborn child. Women who never have the opportunity to give birth to their conceived children are still mothers.
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Is it easier to get pregnant after a miscarriage?

They found that most women—over 76%, in fact—did try to get pregnant again within three months of losing a pregnancy. And compared with the women who waited longer than three months to try to conceive, the women who started right away were more like to get pregnant—and have that pregnancy lead to a live birth.
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What is a rainbow Mom?

Sharing birth stories.

More and more women—sometimes called rainbow mamas—are sharing their birth stories about becoming a mother after loss. In doing so, they are pulling a topic that has long been considered taboo out of the shadows.
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What is a rainbow sugar baby?

As noted in Cosmopolitan, a rainbow baby refers to a child born soon after a miscarriage, stillbirth, or the death of an infant.
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What is a rainbow daughter?

A rainbow baby is a term for a baby that's born after the parents have a pregnancy loss. The name draws on the symbol of the rainbow, representing beauty after a dark time.
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What is a chemical pregnancy?

A chemical pregnancy is a pregnancy loss that happens before the fifth week. Testing positive on a pregnancy test only to get a negative result a few weeks later can signal a chemical pregnancy. Most people who experience them go on to have healthy pregnancies.
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What does purple butterfly in NICU mean?

Beginning this month, a purple butterfly will be placed on the door of patients who were part of a multiples birth but sadly, one or more of the siblings did not survive. The butterfly is present to celebrate the life of the patient's lost sibling and to bring awareness of the loss for staff and other families.
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What is it called when one twin dies in the womb?

One baby was miscarried during the pregnancy without the mothers or doctors knowing. Doctors called these cases vanishing twins or vanishing twin syndrome (VTS). The tissue from a vanishing twin is mostly reabsorbed by the mother's body and the remaining baby.
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How do I honor my miscarried baby?

Leave an entry for your baby in your hospital's Book of Remembrance, if they have one. Buy something special in memory of your baby, such as a piece of jewellery. Plant a tree or flowers at home, or in a local garden of remembrance. You may wish to give your baby a name.
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Why do you have to wait 3 months after miscarriage?

In the United States, the most common recommendation was to wait three months for the uterus to heal and cycles to get back to normal. The World Health Organization has recommended six months, again to let the body heal.
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Should I take folic acid after miscarriage?

"Get pregnant whenever you are ready." There is no risk of worse outcomes if you conceive shortly after a miscarriage, he says. "Make sure you are in good health and take your prenatal vitamins, including folic acid, before conception for a healthy pregnancy," he says.
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How can I avoid miscarriage?

How Can I Prevent a Miscarriage?
  1. Be sure to take at least 400 mcg of folic acid every day, beginning at least one to two months before conception, if possible.
  2. Exercise regularly.
  3. Eat healthy, well-balanced meals.
  4. Manage stress.
  5. Keep your weight within normal limits.
  6. Don't smoke and stay away from secondhand smoke.
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Why do we not talk about miscarriage?

Miscarriage and stillbirth are emotionally intense and very unique forms of grief and trauma, ones that often occur in privacy and silence.
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What should you not do after a miscarriage?

The physical recovery can take 1 or 2 months. Your period should start within 4 to 6 weeks. Don't put anything in your body, including a tampon, and don't have sex for about 1-2 weeks. It can take longer for you to heal emotionally, especially if you knew you were pregnant when you miscarried.
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Can I celebrate mother's Day if I had a miscarriage?

Whether or not you have other children, you still deserve to celebrate Mother's day in any way that feels meaningful and supportive for you after having a miscarriage.
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What is a dragon baby?

About the Dragon Child

Forceful, fearless, optimistic, and idealistic, this rather intense child is born with a sense of mission.
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What do you call a baby that passed away?

Definitions. A stillborn baby is one who has died before or during birth, at or after 24 weeks of pregnancy. A neonatal death happens in the first 28 days after birth. Stillbirths and baby deaths that happen in the first seven days of life, are sometimes counted together and called perinatal deaths.
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What time should you put your 3 month old to bed?

An ideal bedtime for a 3 month old baby is between 7:30 – 9:30 pm. This is based both on the developing circadian rhythm (or body clock) of a 3 month old and also fits in with the 9 – 11 hours of nighttime sleep needed.
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