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Women’s health and midwifery
Male partner’s experience after a pregnancy loss
  1. Nola Holness,
  2. Latisha Barfield
  1. Undergraduate Nursing, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Nola Holness; nholness{at}fiu.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2024-104194

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    Commentary on: Fernández-Basanta, S., Coronado, C., & Jesús Movilla-Fernández, M. (2024). Encountering the health and social environment after a pregnancy loss: A grounded theory study from a male perspective. Midwifery 137, 104–107.

    Implications for practice and research

    • From childbirth education classes, throughout the pregnancy, and with a loss, emotional bonds are needed with male partners to assist them in expressing themselves.

    • Future research needs to explore sociocultural, religious and sexual orientation factors influencing male grief with a diverse larger sample size focusing on pregnancy loss.

    Context

    Grief after experiencing a pregnancy loss is prevalent, yet men’s emotional care is often overlooked. The authors1 emphasised the lack of bereavement care for men while the focus is on women’s physical and emotional care after a pregnancy loss. Key questions remain: How do men process grief after a pregnancy loss? What role does society expect the male partner …

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    Footnotes

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.