Grief & Loss Support

Nothing can prepare you…

for the loss of a pregnancy or a baby.

How am I supposed to recover from this? How do I keep going? People act as if it never happened. People cannot see I’m broken inside. Others just don’t get it. Everyone else has moved on…

Whether a pregnancy was planned or not, the often abrupt shift from pregnant to not pregnant evokes so many emotions. This can occur in the context of a miscarriage or chemical pregnancy, molar pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy, or later on a still birth. Often a whirlwind of medical visits and interventions, so much activity and stress and then to outsiders it can quickly seem as though nothing happened, leaving you feeling invisible and unseen in your grief and trauma.

We are here to tell you, your loss matters. Whether it was six weeks or 36, if you knew you were pregnant from the get go or found out when you realized you were losing a pregnancy, your grief is valid, your sadness is valid, you deserve space to be heard and held, your baby mattered.

Some clients come to us while navigating fertility challenges, with unknowns ahead, we’re here to support you along the way. We can provide counseling support through medical procedures, help you advocate for the care you deserve, and create space to grieve the many losses on your journey thus far.

Some clients are navigating making impossible decisions, facing an unimaginable scenario, maybe a fetal diagnosis, or a diagnosis threatening their own health. Some clients are in the process of deciding whether or not they will end a pregnancy, we are here for non-judgmental support through your decision making process and afterward. In these cases it can feel as though you decided on the loss, we disagree. No decision is the ‘right’ one, you’re making the best choice you can with no ideal options available.

We have also supported clients after unthinkable loss of an infant. Whether this is anticipated or has already happened, we provide counseling support to bereaved parents as they process the loss of their baby. This traumatic untimely loss changes your world forever, we’re here to listen and support you.

Perinatal loss counseling is a unique specialty, many clients have come to Growing Well Counseling after feeling misunderstood or invalidated elsewhere, you don’t need platitudes or anecdotes, you need specialized support as you try to wrap your mind around what just happened and how things will look going forward. Therapy can be an integral part of this process.  Reach out today, we are ready to listen.

We also recommend folks navigating pregnancy or baby loss check out Hope After Loss, an incredible non-profit in Connecticut offering resources and support.

Ashley, Catharine & Erin are all proud recipients of the Hope After Loss scholarship and with this generous support have completed the Resolve Through Sharing Perinatal Death & Bereavement Course.