Close friends baby died
Hi all,
My heart breaks as I write this. Very dear friends of ours who were trying to get pregnant at the same time we were (they were successful, we have not been), just brought their first child into the world after a seemingly healthy and normal pregnancy. The baby had health issues and sadly passed after less than a day on this earth. I am looking for advice. I have a gift for both parents and the baby, that were meant to exchange at our Christmas get together. The mothers gift is a champagne flute that says “Momosa” and the baby’s gift is a PJ onesie. I’m hesitant to give them these gifts, as I feel like it would be salt in the wound. But she is a mom, even though her baby is no longer with us. Should I give them the gifts and let them decide what to do, or pack them up for a day down the road and get the mom a different gift. I want to be sensitive to the situation but obviously it happened. We can’t just pretend it didn’t. I’m not sure what the appropriate/sensitive thing to do is. I’ve never been pregnant yet and I can’t imagine their pain.
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