Dr. Lisa Becht was recently interviewed about expecting a “Rainbow Baby”. Having a newborn after losing another is a unique experience filled with conflicting emotions.
Dr. Lisa Becht was recently quoted in an article written by Kate Daniel for Giddy titled “What To Know When Expecting A ‘Rainbow Baby“.
For nine months, Molly Hope eagerly planned and daydreamed, enamored with her unborn son and the life she envisioned for her soon-to-be family of three. But on the day of his birth, her bliss was ephemeral, as Blake’s life ended as soon as it began. Although he appeared healthy throughout the pregnancy, he entered the world unable to breathe.
But Hope was “desperate” to experience all she had missed with Blake. Two years later, she gave birth to her second son, Jenson, a vibrant “rainbow baby,” a term coined for children born or adopted after parents suffer a miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death.
According to Hope and Lisa Becht, M.D., a reproductive endocrinologist at HRC Fertility in Newport Beach, California, regardless of the cause of an angel baby’s death or when they passed, carrying, delivering and raising a rainbow baby can be quite different from the “typical” child-rearing experience.
Dr. Becht goes on to discuss more about the complicated feelings such as stress and grief that come with pregnancies after loss.