Long Term Coping Mechanisms Even though the tangible, emotional, and informational coping mechanisms are highlighted within the immediate coping mechanisms used after a perinatal loss, they do not end there. However, esteem, network, and belonging are important aspects to coping with perinatal loss long-term. According to Dubenetzsky (2017), “The research found that parents who have experienced a stillbirth often do not find themselves supported by their social environment” (p. 203). This is thought to be because either the perception of a death in the womb is less significant than the death of an established relationship with a child outside of the womb or because the parents are the only individuals who have developed an attachment to
