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Be Not Afraid losing a BabyClearly, death is a mystery that no one cansatisfactorily explain. But that does not mean we shouldavoid it. Our culture shies away from death, especiallywhen a body has been mangled in an accident or hasbeen autopsied. Many in the medical and religious fieldsuggest having a closed casket so that family membersare saved from facing the cruelest aspects of their loss.But such advice can backfire. After all, death is final,and no pains taken to soften its impact can change this.Jane, a woman who, unlike Alice, never saw her baby,writes:Our only baby girl was stillborn; we buried her on herfather’s birthday the next day. The saddest part in it allwas that we never saw her or had a chance to hold herin our arms. She was born by C-section after a long,hard, labor. I was very ill, and my husband was all alone.The doctor asked him if they could send our baby to amedical center for an autopsy, to which he agreed. It hadbeen a normal pregnancy, so we wanted to know whyour baby died just before birth. However, they nevercould determine the cause of her death, and we neversaw her after she came back. The doctor recommendedthat we not see her, since her small body was all cut upand falling apart. I myself was in critical condition in the