What you’re feelingExplainerMood and depression
Pregnancy loss, infertility, and reproductive grief
SHARE and RESOLVE on the forms of grief that are routinely under-recognized by the people around them.
SHARE Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support7 min readSelected and edited by Dean ShabanAdded
SHARE is the longest-running U.S. peer-support organization for pregnancy and infant loss, with free local chapters, a national helpline, and printable resources for hospitals, families, and friends. RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association covers the related and overlapping territory of infertility.
Both organizations name what disenfranchised grief looks like (losses that the larger culture does not have rituals or language for) and offer the rituals and language directly.
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