Pregnancy, Baby Loss and the Grief Journey
We are delighted to launch a brand-new illustrated resource for people affected by baby and pregnancy loss, including bereaved parents, families, friends and medical professionals.
You can view the booklet here: Pregnancy, Baby Loss and the Grief Journey
Inspired by the team’s personal and family experiences, Pregnancy, Baby Loss and the Grief Journey was created by researchers at the University of Bristol in collaboration with parents and medical professionals, the artist Jayde Perkin, and the charities Sands, Twins Trust and Antenatal Results and Choices (ARC). The illustrated booklet aims to explore the intense emotions that follow baby loss, emphasising that every experience is different and there is no one right way to grieve.
Pregnancy, Baby Loss and the Grief Journey includes the following topics:
- When our baby dies
- The physical & emotional impact of grief
- Relating to our partners & other people
- Miscarriage
- Stillbirth & late miscarriages
- Neonatal death
- Twins & multiple births
- Termination for Medical Reasons (TFMR)
- Subsequent pregnancies & multiple losses
- Remembering our baby
- Living with loss
- Baby loss contacts and resources
We don’t ‘get over’ grief – just as we don’t get over love. Undertaker Rupert Callender says ‘we grieve […] because we are connected to each other through threads of the heart’. We will carry our baby with us throughout our lives: they are still part of us, just in a different way. We hope the booklet will provide support to bereaved parents and their families.
This work was supported by the Participatory Research Fund (Research England), the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research, University of Bristol, and the Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund. It was formatted and printed by Minuteman Press.
