Rainbow Baby Restores Faith In Life

Rainbow babies are children who arrive in the world healthy and strong after a miscarriage or a family that has otherwise experienced the death of their child.

These babies bring more than just happiness to parents. They bring with them hope and a much-needed new beginning where the family can put themselves back together after the child’s death.

One topic that is not heard very often about motherhood is miscarriage. The death of an unborn child, or the loss of a child who dies later for any reason, leads to the birth of a so-called star child – these children live forever like stars in the hearts of their parents.

This is a complex subject and sometimes very cruel. Many mothers have faced a kind of lack of social awareness, for it is the case that the loss of a 10-year-old child is not the same as one you have never met and did not even begin to live in this world.

One thing that needs to be made clear right at the beginning of this story is that  any loss is important. One cannot be compared to another, and every loss is perceived as overwhelming.

The pain of losing a child, even if it is due to a miscarriage, is experienced in different ways. There are families who are able to face this situation strongly, but also mothers who sink into a deep feeling of helplessness and who begin to suffer from depression.

Babies who die inside the mother are beings who existed and who struggled to live and tried to grow up, but who, for one reason or another, did not get this opportunity.

One thing that is well known in the families of so-called rainbow babies – that is, in the family of hopeful babies – is that  new children are not substitutes for a lost baby.

Each child has its own place in the hearts of the parents. Every baby is and will always be unique, even if life disappears from him too soon.

Star baby and parent’s inner storm

Miscarriage and losing a child are more common things than we think. They are so much more common that it is very important that psychological care and other help are available to those families, and especially mothers, who face this situation.

• Every woman experiences this loss in her own way, but she needs to live through the pain in a safe way and with her loved ones, and of course with the support of appropriate experts.

• One thing that is becoming more common today is that a woman cannot get pregnant despite her attempts. And when this then finally happens, perhaps he will experience not just one miscarriage, but several.
• This experience can be very difficult. The star children leave us and shine in the sky giving light, but  for a while the mother will feel inside her storm, darkness, and even the feeling of despair that she herself is responsible for the loss.  This idea must be taken into account and overturned.

Rainbow babies bring hope in a unique way – light in a strong heart

Grieving the loss of a baby can be a long or short process, but it will always be in a person’s heart.

This is a pain that many mothers carry privately and that in some way will always stay inside. Even if a woman comes to learn to live with it.

For a while, the couple may experience a very ordinary feeling, namely the reluctance to try again. Fear is now present.

Gradually, however, hope and desire become stronger than fear, and the desire to be older again makes the dream a reality – a rainbow baby is born, that is, the child who rises from the storm and brings the light of the morning into the darkness.

Having a healthy and precious baby heals, comforts, and at the same time makes the mother intact again.

This is a child who illuminates the gray life with thousands of colors and gives thousands of opportunities to embrace life again. His plump and rosy faces greet us with bright eyes and a desire to experience the world.

At the same time, some things are very clear to those mothers and fathers who have a rainbow baby:

• A new baby is no substitute for a lost star child.
• That child who was never born and who was lost too early will always be in his place in the hearts of family members and parents. They carry this in their souls for the rest of their lives. The umbilical cord, which is golden and powerful, still connects the mother to the child who left this world far too early.
• Expecting a new baby after the loss of a star child is experienced differently than in a previous pregnancy. Fear is present, as we have already said, and sometimes it is common to feel panic, but these feelings are normal and to be expected. Ideally, communication in these situations should be considered good for parents and also for doctors.

• The birth of a rainbow baby is also a way to honor a lost star. A healthy and strong child allows us to show the love we can offer and that we wanted to give to a lost baby. It will show in the care of his sibling.

In doing so, we do our best for both children — the one we have with us and the one who looks at us from the stars of heaven and has a permanent place deep in our hearts.