Answered by : rekharami
on Sat, 16 Jan 2010
Parents need support and guidance from doctors, counsellors, family and friends to handle the initial shock and disappointment and to cope with the pain and fears that loom large when their baby’s future threatens to remain a question mark.
• It may take months to regain your emotional balance, but learn to accept the situation as soon as possible for your child’s sake. Your child needs your instant attention
• Take one day at a time. The day your “special” baby is born, try not to worry who will care for your child after you are dead and gone
• Try to eat and sleep well and ward off depression.
• Don’t blame yourself for your baby’s condition.
• Get to know your baby and begin to care for him/her. It will help calm your distraught nerves
• There is no school to teach you to be a good parent for your baby.
• Your child may have any number of complications such as congenital heart defects, hypothyroidism, hypertonia, obstructed digestive and excretory tracts early in infancy with the tendency to increased susceptibility to infection, upper tract respiratory problems, eye problems and childhood leukemia, to name a few. The good news is, your child will be a fighter and teach you to be spirited always!
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