Abstract
M.Cur. (Midwifery and Neonatal Nursing)
The purpose of this study is to determine the experiences of the parents after the death
of a congenital abnormal baby. Parents who have lost a baby go through a process of
grief. This also applies to parents of a baby with congenital abnormalities. Parents
whose congenital abnormal baby dies, not only grieve because of the abnormality of
their baby, but also because it died
Unstructured in-depth interviews were held with six couples within a year after the
death of their babies. The experiences of the six couples were afterwards compared.
A literature study was undertaken in order to determine what the conclusions of other
researchers field were. The result of the literature study was compared with that of the
present study.
Recommendations are made at the end of this study on the practical applications,
education and further research that can be undertaken on this subject.