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For Family and Friends

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When someone loses a baby, it’s so hard to find the ‘right words’ to say. We want to show we care, but we don’t want to say anything that might be taken the wrong way.

This website is designed to help. For example, one category here – “What Can I Say?” – offers suggestions for what say to grieving parents. Every time you visit this website, you will find more information and updates. We hope you visit often.

You might also want to contact us. As a caring range of different people – both survivors of pregnancy and infant loss, as well as professionals – we draw upon a wealth of diverse knowledge to answer all of your questions.

Thank you for visiting our website. Caring family members and friends, like yourself, make it easier

What Can I Say?

Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome

Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) has a high mortality rate for babies during pregnancy.  Here are the facts about TTTS

What You Can Do when Someones Baby Dies

What do you do when someone’s baby dies? How can you help, when you feel so helpless? Read here for 14 great ideas and tips

The Shock when a Friend’s Baby Dies

Has your loved one just lost a baby? Don’t know what to do or say? A survivor speaks out in support

After Miscarriage: What do we do Now?

If you’ve lost a baby, you can have a funeral, cremation or other service. It's a special way to honour the baby, and to help you heal from the grief

SIDS: Is Hope Finally on the Horizon?

New research reported by the Journal of the American Medical Association: link confirmed between SIDS and serotonin. Hope for developing both a test for detection, and for treatment

How to Deal with your Baby’s Death

Tips for parents whose baby has died shortly after birth. Resources, support, and tips for how to cope as well as possible

Please Don’t Ask Us, Ask your Doctor

If you’re pregnant and want to know the symptoms of miscarriage, ask your doctor. Don’t ask someone who has had a miscarriage

Group Helps Mothers Bear with Grief

Canada's Bears for Bereaved Mommies: helping grieving parents since 2004

Tips for How to Tell People that your Baby has Died

If your baby has died, there are a number of ways you can tell loved ones, co-workers etc. Here are some options and tips

Finding Hope and Healing

An aunt speaks about the stillbirth of her nephew, and how her nephew inspired her to build an organization that supports families who experience pregnancy loss and infant death