rainbow baby

This baby is special because the mother has previously experienced a miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death.  The baby that follows these sad events is like the rainbow after the storm and considered, even more than most babies, to be a symbol of hope.  The rainbow baby is also referred to as an angel baby.  A double rainbow baby is one born to parents who have experienced two prior losses. A sunshine baby is one that you have before you experience a loss. This baby is the calm before the storm.

 Notable people to have had rainbow babies were Meghan Markle, and Carrie Johnson (wife of Boris Johnson).   This may have pushed the term into greater frequency,

 It seems that there has been an explosion of names for different types of babies.

A golden baby is the one that follows the rainbow baby – the pot of gold.  A unicorn baby is one that eats every four hours, sleeps through the night, and never makes a fuss, whereas a dragon baby is one that feels things intensely and is very vocal, very active.  A sunset baby is a twin who dies in the womb whereas the sunrise baby is the other twin that is born alive.