There are several common myths about grief:
All losses of loved ones are the same.
All parents grieve in the same way.
Grief steadily declines over time.
Infant death should not be difficult because you did not know the baby well.
Children need to be protected from grief and death.
Couples who experience the death of a child have a higher incidence of divorce.
It is not important to have social support in your grief.
It takes two months to get over grief.
Children grieve like adults.
Parents only feel crazy if they are going crazy.
The intensity and length of your grief are testimony to your love for the deceased.
Bereaved parents do not have a relationship with the deceased baby after the death.