The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry published a study according to which the child born after stillbirth has no mental or physical health problem in specific.But the problem is that the bereaved mothers find great difficulty in bringing up the child born to them after a stillbirth.

The research conducted over 52 bereaved and 51 non-bereaved mothers respectively have proved the above statement. The difficulty reported include a high degree of maternal criticism of the next-born ones actions.

Dr. Penelope Turton, [St George's University – London] said that it is uncertain to identify the actual cause for the above behavior of bereaved mothers which may be due to the inability to bear up with the previous child-loss or there really exists some variation in the new-born child's behavior that which is intolerable.

Further studies is being conducted to understand about the mother-child relationship till the child reach adolescence so that the real reason could be understood to provide psychological assistance to bereaved mothers regarding their problem.