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Find bereavement help and support from other Mumsnetters. See also your choices after baby loss.

For Anyone Needing Support After Losing a Parent. Very Supportive Thread (September 2025)
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How did you handle all the ‘firsts’?
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If your child’s mum/dad died when they were a baby when did they start to notice and grieve?
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If you’re grieving, share something you don’t feel able to say out loud
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cancelling the mobile phone after three years??
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Funeral Stream
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Left stepfather to die alone , can’t cope with the guilt
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Struggling with DH after death of my Dad
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Widowed at 40
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This is life (after the passing of DH) Thread two
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Are you the steamrolled sibling?
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Overwhelming sadness for “the one left behind”
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Question about bank accounts
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Is this as good as it gets?
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He’s moving on
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No one has told me dm has died
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Can I have a sense check? Bereavement, house sale, family relationships
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How do I accept being financially secure but only because I lost my husband
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That's not a room, that's a tomb. He still remake our child room even after multiple move to brand new houses.
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Tomorrow is my husband’s funeral (trigger warning)
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Husband's Prolong complicated grief? High functioning depression?
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Another funeral so soon
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I just wanted to make a post in support of all the people affected for October 7
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How to handle relatives trying to take over funeral arrangements
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Selling/disposing of vehicles
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Long term grief
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Way Widowed And Young Nearly Drove Me To Suicide!
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If you’re grieving, what has made the process even more difficult?
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Supporting DH after his stepmother's death and complicated family dynamics
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My dad has died and I'm really struggling
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Losing DH and I’ll be alone
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Is it too soon to invite my son's friend away?
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Suddenly ‘feeling’ my orphan status!
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DS1 has died
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Inquest due to negligence
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Going back to work after partners death.
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Grief feels overwhelming again two years later, is this normal? Poss TW dark thoughts
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How can I best support my husband after his father died
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Dad just died, feeling lost.
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Bereavement and guilt after inheriting unexpectedly from a difficult friend
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I'm not ok
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Advice on choosing between pension lump sum, annuity or drawdown after bereavement
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Seven years on, still feel grief on my wife's anniversary
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Mum died: appalling shock and anxiety
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Struggling to grieve after my grandmother's death while estranged from family
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I will be older than my mum
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Not sure what to do with my mum's ashes
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Why see them after they’re gone?
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Tips for when you miss them
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How do people cope with the first days after losing a child
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