Lou, after a prolapse our vet had to assist with the lambing and she pulled the lamb out dead. The ewe was put back in the trailer and the vet slung the lamb and afterbirth in with her. This surprised me (I am a complete novice) as I thought the vet would dispose of it.
Anyway, perhaps being with the dead lamb in the trailer helped because she didn't seem to miss it afterwards.
She was put in a field with another ewe that didn't go to the ram and seems to be ok. I continued to give her some hard feed, although just half rations (perhaps this was me being soft) as I didn't want to cut it out too drastically, and gradually wound it down. Please bear in mind that all of this is a first for me so may not be the correct course of action.
OH disposed of the body and afterbirth on a fire in the field.
Actually it was the only time that day that I laughed. The fire cause so much white smoke I thought OH was announcing the new pope.