
Tools and Resources to Support Patient Choices
As a healthcare provider, you want to ensure your patient feels well-informed and can make the best decisions for themselves, their family, and their philosophy of life. Carrying To Term offers a wealth of non-directive and evidence-based knowledge, resources, and tools to aid in your patients’ understanding of pregnancy continuation.
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Supporting You in Supporting Families
Compassionate care starts with the right resources. Carrying To Term is here to help you provide the
best possible support for families facing a prenatal diagnosis of a life-limiting condition.

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Connect families with the resources Carrying To Term offers. Our tools and support help women and families navigate a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis with care.
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Create a more supportive, inclusive space for families. Discover practical tips to make your clinic more compassionate for patients facing a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis.
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Essential Reads
These articles have been hand-selected from our extensive library to provide
medical professionals with essential insights on supporting families facing a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis.
Informed Decision-Making
We explore the four cornerstones of fully informed choices: non-directive presentation of options, full understanding of options and outcomes, access to comprehensive and reliable resources, and philosophy of life.
We believe that, with your help, we can create change that improves the standard of care for all the parents who will also walk this path.
Choice: Why Families Deserve Carrying To Term as an Option
Parents fare the best when they are fully informed and equipped to make the right decision for their family.
Language & Communication
Communicating with Parents: Avoiding Blame and Judgements
Assigning blame is a common and normal response in situations that feel out of your control. Here, we explore strategies for supportive communication during this unimaginable time.
This guide will help you ensure you’re using empathetic, supportive language and communicating diagnoses in a way that validates your patients’ emotions.
Communicating With Carrying To Term Families: 3 Areas of Care Provider Focus
This article provides guidance on examining your approach, tone, and impact of your language to ensure more empowering and compassionate patient conversations.
Ongoing Patient Support
Carrying To Term Families Need Consistent Care: Inform, Collaborate, and Create Continuity
Families facing a prenatal diagnosis of a life-limiting condition need consistency during their prenatal care. This resource provides valuable guidance to help ease stress and improve patient experiences.
Think It Through: 4 Special Considerations Medical Providers Can Extend to Carrying to Term Families
The pregnancy journey is unique for those facing a prenatal diagnosis of a life-limiting condition. This insight from a parent can help providers understand patients’ perspectives and adjust their approach.
Honoring A Birth Plan: How Medical Professionals Can Support Their Patients
Patients and their providers have to make many decisions amid labor, delivery, and postpartum care. Creating a birth plan together can help ensure you understand your patient’s wishes.