As the holidays approach, you may be dealing with higher levels of stress, grief, and overwhelm. These self-care tips can help you preserve your well-being.
Grief and Mental Health
How to Set Boundaries and Emotionally Prepare for the Holiday Season
The holiday season can be hard when grieving a loved one or facing the loss of a baby. Here are a few ways you can set boundaries and gather support.
Embrace: Give Grieving Parents the Gift of Your Enthusiasm at the Holidays with S.A.V.E.
Listen to this article. Grieving a baby loss can make holidays challenging for carrying-TO-term families. S.A.V.E. — Support, Acknowledge, Validate, and Embrace — is a simple model you can use to help. The holidays are filled with beloved traditions we return to year after year. At the same time, traditions can create expectations that may […]
Validation: Affirm the Feelings Grieving Parents May Have During the Holidays with S.A.V.E.
Listen to this article. Grieving a baby loss can make holidays challenging for carrying-to-term families. SAVE — Support, Acknowledge, Validate, and Embrace — is a simple model you can use to help. Depending on where in the carrying-to-term or grief process a parent is, grieving parents may struggle to accept that the heightened sense of […]
Acknowledgment: Show Grieving Parents You See Them at the Holidays with S.A.V.E
Listen to this article. Grieving a baby loss can make holidays challenging for carrying-to-term families. S.A.V.E. — Support, Acknowledge, Validate, and Embrace — is a simple model you can use to help. The holidays are a time when many people struggle with emotions. We may think we are supposed to feel a certain way. If […]
Support: Offer Concrete Help to Grieving Parents at the Holidays with S.A.V.E.
Listen to this article. Grieving a baby loss can make holidays challenging for carrying-to-term families. S.A.V.E. — Support, Acknowledge, Validate, and Embrace — is a simple model you can use to help. Wondering how you can care for grieving parents as the holiday season approaches? The good news is that it may be simpler than […]
S.A.V.E: A Simple Model for Supporting Grieving Parents Through the Holidays
Listen to this article. Grieving a baby loss can make holidays challenging for carrying-to-term families. SAVE — Support, Acknowledge, Validate, and Embrace — is a simple model you can use to help. For parents facing a prenatal diagnosis of a life-limiting condition or remembering a baby that died, the holiday season can be complicated. Parents […]
Grieving a Baby Loss: 5 Key Ways to Support Parents Who Are Remembering a Lost Baby
Listen to this article. How can you care for carrying to term families as they grieve the loss of a baby, experience primary and secondary losses, and live while remembering a lost baby or babies? It can be difficult for family, friends, and other supporters of bereaved parents to know how best to support them […]
Grieving a Baby Loss: Understanding the Complex Nature of Infant Loss Experiences
Listen to this article. Families facing loss during pregnancy or shortly after delivery often experience a lifetime of loss — and need supporters who understand the complexities of remembering a lost baby. The day a family receives a prenatal diagnosis of a life-limiting condition, they experience a primary loss. In that moment, life as they […]
Understanding Neonatal Donation for Research
If you’re seeking a way to transform loss into a lasting tribute to life, neonatal donation for research may be an option.
Grandparents Day: Acknowledging Grieving Grandparents
Not only are grandparents navigating their own grief, they also help carry the weight of their child’s grief while supporting the needs of the family their child has created.
Perinatal Mental Health and the Carrying To Term Process
Since perinatal loss has negative impacts on parents, both psychologically and socially, it is imperative that medical professionals intervene as early in the carrying to term process as possible.