title: On this day of mothers and sons.
abstract: Telling a pregnant woman and her family about a fetal demise is one of the greatest challenges for maternity care clinicians. In this essay, the author reflects on such an encounter in her work as a community health center clinician, maternity care teacher, and mother herself.
authors.affiliation: Family Health Center of Worcester, Worcester, MA, USA. Sara.ShieldsFHCW@umassmed.edu
authors.forename: Sara G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Shields
mesh_terms: D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000523:psychology*; D014342:Truth Disclosure