{"id":32970,"date":"2021-04-27T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clinicagirona.cat\/?p=32970"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:07:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:07:53","slug":"clinica-girona-will-provide-memory-boxes-as-support-for-gestational-perinatal-and-neonatal-grief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clinicagirona.cat\/en\/clinica-girona-lliurara-capses-del-record-com-a-suport-al-dol-gestacional-perinatal-i-neonatal\/","title":{"rendered":"Cl\u00ednica Girona will hand out remembrance boxes in support of gestational, perinatal and neonatal grief."},"content":{"rendered":"

Cl\u00ednica Girona has joined this initiative which aims to mitigate and support families through their grief.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Featured photo: A moment from the reception of the Memory Boxes. From right to left: Montserrat Sargatal, Director of Nursing, Maria Simon, promoter of the \u201cMemory Box\u201d initiative, and Miriam Codina, Nursing Supervisor of Maternity.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The grief over the death of a baby during pregnancy, childbirth, or shortly after birth is still a taboo subject in society. The loss of a baby during the gestational phase (up to 28 weeks), perinatal (from 28 weeks to the first week of life), or neonatal (from birth to 28 days of life) causes great distress for the parents. The \u201cMemory Box\u201d initiative, which Girona Clinic has joined, aims to alleviate and support families through this grief. Maria Simon, Quima Parra, and Laura Preixats have created boxes, differentiated according to when the baby's loss occurs, to support parents and give them the opportunity to keep some mementos, some objects that symbolise and commemorate their baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative's objective is to support and help parents say goodbye so that they can face the process of gestational, perinatal, and neonatal grief more positively and healthily. The aim is to provide families with tools to move forward. According to the initiative's creators: \u201cIt arose from the need to create memories of their children so as not to leave the hospital with empty arms after their death. It is a way of paying tribute to these babies, regardless of the weeks of gestation or the reasons for death. And also to give visibility to this grief.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cMemory Box\u201d project was born at the beginning of this year, 2020, after this need was identified in hospitals, stemming from the personal initiative \u201cLittle Star\u201d by Maria Simon. Four families, who experienced this grief, are the public faces of the initiative and have dozens of volunteers helping them to hand-make the boxes. \u201cSince you leave the hospital with empty arms, this box helps you to have an object that symbolises your baby, giving them existence. This allows you to mourn them,\u201d explain the authors of the initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Eva Palau, Medical Director of Cl\u00ednica Girona and Montserrat Sargatal, Nursing Director, with the Memory Boxes.\n\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLa Capsa dels Records\u201d (The Box of Memories) contains various handcrafted materials created by the four families who authored the project and a group of volunteers. Generally speaking, each of these boxes is made up of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n