Perinatal Loss

Overview

About Kids Health

• Miscarriage
• Grief and Loss (Pregnancy)
• Stillbirth

American Society for Reproductive Medicine

• What is Recurrent Pregnancy Loss (RPL)?

CHU Sainte-Justine

• Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
• Perinatal Bereavement (French video series)

Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail

• Maternity Leave (see the section entitled “Informing the Employer”)

Fraser Health

• Pregnancy Loss and Grief

Government of Quebec

• Québec Parental Insurance Plan — Termination of Pregnancy (Includes a spontaneous or intentional medical termination of pregnancy, a stillbirth or a stillborn child)
• Québec Parental Insurance Plan — Death of a Child (Death of a child after birth)

HealthLink BC

• Miscarriage
• Miscarriage: Should I Have Treatment to Complete a Miscarriage?
• Stillbirth

Mayo Clinic (United States)

• Pregnancy Loss: How to Cope
• Pregnancy after Miscarriage: What You Need to Know

Medline Plus (United States)

• Miscarriage
• Miscarriage — Threatened
• When Your Baby is Stillborn

Merck Manual — Consumer Version (United States)

• Miscarriage
• Stillbirth

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (United States)

• Pregnancy Loss (Before 20 Weeks of Pregnancy)
• Stillbirth

Nemours (United States)

• Miscarriage

PAIL Network

• Pregnancy and Infant Loss: Resources for Families

Université du Québec en Outaouais

• Quand passe la tempête, Le deuil des pères (Video in French)

Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada

• Miscarriage
• Stillbirth

UpToDate for Patients

• Miscarriage (The Basics) (Available upon request)
• Miscarriage (Beyond the Basics)
• Repeated Miscarriage (The Basics) (Available upon request)
• Stillbirth (The Basics) (Available upon request)

Programs & Support Groups

Baby’s Breath Canada

• Homepage

Center for Loss in Multiple Birth (CLIMB)

• Homepage

Fondation portraits d’étincelles

• Homepage (Site only available in French)

Miscarriage Association (United Kingdom)

• Marking Your Loss
• Stars of Remembrance

Nos petits anges au paradis

• Homepage (Site only available in French)

PAIL Network

• Pregnancy and Infant Loss: Stories of Loss

Parents Orphelins

• Homepage

Préma-Québec

• Grieving Support

Star Legacy Foundation (United States)

• Homepage (Worldwide support group)

Tommy’s (United Kingdom)

• Baby Loss Support

West Island Women’s Centre

• Support Groups (See “Healing Together”, a monthly support group for women dealing with miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death)

Related Topics

• Grief
• Pregnancy

You may also consult our resources in French or our list of general health sites.