Reproductive loss often carries tremendous pain, whether it occurs by miscarriage, abortion, early infant death, premature birth, infertility, stillbirth, or special needs diagnosis. This page offers resources so you don’t have to bear this type of grief alone.
Experiencing reproductive loss can be very difficult. While you may feel isolated in your experience, you are not alone! But your experience is unique – there isn’t a right or wrong reaction or set of emotions, and there isn’t a set timeline for processing emotions, grieving and healing. But there is always hope as you journey towards healing. Here are some resources that my assist you along the journey.
Springs in the Desert
Springs in the Desert was founded to offer spiritual and emotional accompaniment and solidarity to those carrying the cross of infertility.
The Infertility Companion for Catholics: Spiritual and Practical Support for Couples
This resource, by Angelique Ruhi-Lopez and Carmen Santamaria, describes the Church’s teaching on reproductive technologies and provides a rich spiritual perspective on the emotions and faith involved in embracing the cross of infertility.
Red Bird Ministries
Red Bird Ministries is a Catholic grief support ministry serving individuals and couples who have experienced the loss of a child from miscarriage through adulthood.
Rachel’s Hope Ministry
Rachel’s Hope offers after-abortion healing and reconciliation retreats for Catholic women (or Catholic-friendly women). The ministry offers assistance to anyone who has lost hope that they can do anything to halt the downward spiral of depression and grief.
Life Perspectives , based right here in San Diego, provides training and other resources to faith leaders in caring for and accompanying those who have suffered from various reproductive losses.
Grief & Abortion: Creating a Safe Space to Heal was developed in consultation with a group of professors, therapists, and peer counselors to answer questions like, How can I help those who suffered from reproductive loss? How can I be a safe place? How can I better understand someone’s response after an abortion and what the healing process might look like?
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