Receiving a Difficult Diagnosis During Pregnancy
Receiving a difficult diagnosis during pregnancy can bring uncertainty, grief, and difficult decisions. Explore compassionate guidance, available options, and resources to help you navigate this experience and find support.
Fathers Grieve, Too
Fathers experience grief after pregnancy and infant loss in ways that are often overlooked or misunderstood. Explore the unique challenges fathers may face, different expressions of grief, and ways to find understanding, connection, and support.
Messages for the Newly Bereaved
Heartfelt messages to the newly bereaved parent from those of us who have walked the same path.
Understanding Grief
Information about traumatic grief after pregnancy or infant loss, including what grief is, what it looks like, common responses, the grieving process, care ideas for navigating loss, what helps, and finding support.
Partners' Grief: A Unique Experience
Partners often experience grief after pregnancy or infant loss in ways that are overlooked or misunderstood. Explore the unique challenges non-birthing parents may face, different expressions of grief, and ways to care for yourself, support one another, and find connection.
Children’s Grief
Guidance for supporting children navigating grief after pregnancy or infant loss, including age-appropriate ways to talk about death, how to support their process, and resources for siblings at different developmental stages.
Grieving in LGBTQ+ Families
LGBTQ+ families may face unique challenges when navigating pregnancy or infant loss, including barriers to affirming care, fertility-related grief, and experiences that leave a parent’s loss unrecognized. Explore compassionate guidance, inclusive support, and resources to help LGBTQ+ parents and families feel seen, respected, and less alone in their grief.
Caring For Yourself
Caring for yourself after receiving a serious or life-limiting prenatal diagnosis can feel difficult. Explore gentle, practical ways to support your emotional and physical well-being, give yourself grace, and find moments of rest and comfort while navigating uncertainty.
Leaning on Others
Receiving a serious or life-limiting prenatal diagnosis can feel isolating. Explore ways to lean on partners, family, friends, and other sources of support while navigating uncertainty, difficult emotions, and changing needs.
Continuing Your Journey
Every family's journey after a serious prenatal diagnosis is different. Explore ways to honor your baby, navigate grief and uncertainty, and find compassion and support as you move forward at your own pace.
Emotions and Uncertainty
A serious or life-limiting prenatal diagnosis can bring a wide range of emotions, including grief, fear, hope, and uncertainty. Explore ways to understand your emotional experience, navigate unanswered questions, and recognize when additional support may be helpful.
Common Responses After TFMR
After ending a wanted pregnancy for medical reasons (TFMR), you may experience a wide range of emotional and physical responses. Learn about common experiences, from grief and changing emotions to physical recovery, and find reassurance that everyone's experience is different.
There Are Many Ways to End a Pregnancy With Compassion
When ending a wanted pregnancy for medical reasons (TFMR), understanding your options can help you make informed decisions about your care. Learn about different medical procedures, including medication, D&C, D&E, and labor and delivery, as well as considerations around access to care and compassionate support.
What Can Be Helpful After TFMR
After ending a wanted pregnancy for medical reasons (TFMR), finding ways to care for yourself and honor your baby may be helpful. Explore gentle, practical suggestions for navigating physical recovery, seeking support, remembering your baby, and living with grief in the days, weeks, and months ahead.
Understanding Your Baby’s Diagnosis
Receiving a serious or life-limiting diagnosis during pregnancy can bring many questions and uncertainties. Learn what to ask your healthcare team, how to better understand your baby's diagnosis and prognosis, and where to find additional information and support as you navigate the days ahead.
Parenting During Pregnancy
Parenting your baby begins long before birth. For families continuing a pregnancy after a serious or life-limiting diagnosis, there are many ways to connect, create memories, and care for themselves and their baby. Explore gentle ideas for finding meaningful moments together, at your own pace.
Planning for Birth
Preparing for your baby's birth after a serious or life-limiting prenatal diagnosis can bring many questions and uncertainties. Explore birth planning considerations, medical care options, ways to spend time with your baby, and practical arrangements that can help you prepare while honoring your family's wishes.
Expecting the Expected and Unexpected
Continuing a pregnancy after a serious or life-limiting diagnosis often means living with uncertainty. Your baby's condition, the time you have together, and your own emotions may unfold differently than expected. Explore ways to navigate the unknown, prepare for different possibilities, and give yourself permission to experience this pregnancy in your own way.