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Be Not Afraid losing a Babymoment, but I knew that if I let go, Stephen could bereleased to a future better than we could have given himhere. I took my son into my arms while his soul wasdelivered to God.It is not only the death of a living child that has suchan impact on a parent. In counseling couples that haveexperienced the trauma of a miscarriage, I’ve come torealize what a deep hurt and sense of loss this leaves,especially in the mother. Alice, a neighbor who lost ason, says:We have had seven children. With our fifth, Gabriel, wenever reached the moment of joy that accompanied thesafe arrival of each of our others. Just less than halfwaythrough my pregnancy, we found that his chances ofsurvival were very slim. How we longed for this dearchild, and at the same time how we knew we neededsomehow to let go of him. I was not ready for that. Thiskind of thing only happened to other people. How couldit be happening to us? We saw him several times on theultrasound, lively and all there, it seemed – our baby,and a real little somebody. How could he be taken fromus? And then one day his heart no longer beat. Anothercheck, and still no heartbeat. Our little one had died. Hewas no longer to be.