Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support
These 6 week support groups are for families who have experienced baby loss of any kind. Whether you have experienced a miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal loss or infant loss, these support groups are here to help you find healing and hope from your loss.
Sitting In The Dust
This support group creates a safe space for both parents to share their story and discuss what grief looks like. This group is led by a certified Birth and Bereavement Doula who is additionally certified in Reproductive Grief Care and has personally gone through baby loss. In this 6 week support group the following is discussed as a group:
- Identifying Losses
- Stages and Attributes of Grief
- Styles and Tasks of Grieving
- Disenfranchised Grief
- Men and Grief
- Purpose and Hope Through Grief
- Navigating Events After Loss
- Honoring and Memorializing Your Baby
- Healthy Coping Mechanisms
After the group meets for the 6 weeks, families have the opportunity to join a local online community for continued support. Families will be invited to free events throughout the year in this online community with the focus of participating in healthy coping mechanisms and providing opportunities to honor and memorialize their baby. In this online community, families can share their hard days and things that have helped them along their journey through grief.
For more information on this group please email MeganM@whatcomclinic.com.
Through the Darkest Valley
This 6-week faith based group provides a safe space for both parents to talk about grief and the role that faith plays in grief. This group goes through a bible study that discusses what it looks like to journey “Through the Darkest Valley”, as mentioned in Psalm 23. As families share their story, they will also discuss:
- Grieving In The Bible
- Identifying Losses
- Your Pregnancy and Loss Story
- Fear, Anxiety, Depression and Anger After Loss
- Choosing Faith in the Midst of Doubt
- Hope in Suffering
- The Character of God Through Loss
- Forgiveness, Freedom, Hope and Healing
- Walking With Others in Grief
- Honoring and Memorializing Your Baby
This group is led by a Certified Birth and Bereavement Doula who is additionally certified in Reproductive Grief Care and has personally gone through baby loss. For more information on this group please email MeganM@whatcomclinic.com.
After Abortion Recovery Support
Arms of Love
Is a safe, confidential* place where women who have experienced the hurt of a past abortion can receive understanding, help and healing. The leaders are women who have experienced abortion and found grace, forgiveness, and freedom. If interested in joining the next Arms of Love get-together, please contact Barb: Armsoflove@whatcomclinic.com.
*Whatcom County Pregnancy Clinic will preserve all protected health care information (PHI) of their patients according to federal and state government regulations.