Miscarriage can be an extremely emotional and even traumatic experience for someone who was expecting. I frequently hear from clients who have experienced miscarriages and often find that they feel unseen, unheard, or invalidated. Miscarriages are actually quite common—chances are you know someone, or know someone who knows someone, who has gone through one. This…
perinatal loss
Honoring the Complexities of Perinatal Loss: A Guide for Clinicians
Loss is one of the most painful and often isolating experiences within the perinatal community. Perinatal loss, which encompasses miscarriage, stillbirth and death of an infant in the first month of life, is a deeply personal and often unspoken grief. The silence surrounding this loss can lead grieving individuals to suffer alone, without the support…
October Is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
Experiencing a miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss brings on unimaginable grief. Parents not only find themselves mourning the loss of their child, but also that of their dreams, fantasies, hopes for their family, identity, and new social status. Parents often feel lonely and misunderstood in their mourning. Our society tends to have a short attention…
Miscarriage: Did it happen to me, or to us?
The devastation of a pregnancy loss can impact more than just your hopes for a child. It can challenge your relationship with your body, your friends, society, and, unfortunately quite often, your relationship with your partner. When a couple decides to start or grow a family, they are united. The discussion is collaborative, the process…
