stillborns
Born without life
Stillborns is the plural of stillborn used as a noun—infants born dead after a pregnancy of sufficient duration that survival would otherwise have been possible.
Medical contexts typically define stillbirth as fetal death after 20 weeks of gestation.
The hospital kept records of stillborns separately from miscarriages.
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
emptiness · yearning · lamentation · remembrance · memorial · healing · solace · consolation
Being without something
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
despair · suffering · pain · woe · misery · anguish · hopelessness · torment
- perinatalAround time of delivery
- neonatalOf earliest infancy
- intrauterineWithin the uterus
- antepartumBefore childbirth occurs
autopsy · postmortem · prenatal care · neonatology · anoxia · premature birth · ultrasound · delivery
Not verbally expressed
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- isolationComplete separation from others
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
wordless · invisible · unacknowledged · hidden · dismissed · misunderstood · overlooked · lonely
mourning
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
anguish · emptiness · yearning · lamentation · remembrance · memorial · healing · solace · consolation · compassion
loss
Being without something
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
heartbreak · despair · suffering · pain · woe · misery · anguish · hopelessness · torment · affliction
fetal demise
- perinatalAround time of delivery
- neonatalOf earliest infancy
- intrauterineWithin the uterus
antepartum · autopsy · postmortem · prenatal care · neonatology · anoxia · premature birth · ultrasound · delivery · labor
unspoken
Not verbally expressed
unspeakable · wordless · invisible · unacknowledged · hidden · dismissed · misunderstood · overlooked · lonely · alienation
stillbornssuccesses
Favorable outcomes achieved
breakthroughs · launches · triumphs · hits