As a bereaved mother myself, I first want to say that I am truly sorry for what you and your family have experienced and continue to endure. I feel that losing a child is the worst thing that can ever happen to a person. It is unnatural and teeters on the verge of absolutely intolerable.

The only person who needs support more than a parent bringing home a new baby is a parent going home without one. If you are a bereaved parent, I would like to offer you a home visit free of charge.

When people are asking you, “What can we do to support you?”, you can give them my email (midcoastvillagedoula@gmail.com) and tell them they can contribute toward you getting professional postpartum care and support when you need it the most.

You deserve that and everything else. There is nothing that can make it truly better because it doesn’t bring your baby back, but the thing that has helped me the most over the years is seeing another person who has survived it and them helping me to follow their path. I wish you peace in the days ahead.