Burnout, exhaustion and compassion fatigue impact you – and your patients and clients. How do we tackle these issues? Join us for our webinar on March 11th to find out! This groundbreaking study covers this critical issue while offering 1 Contact Hour for nurses and 1 CE for therapists and social … [Read more...]
We’re here for you! Our tools to help you comfort those impacted by pregnancy loss.
We’ve always offered resources to help you comfort patients and clients after pregnancy loss. But you may not be aware of how MANY tools that we have for you to use! WEBSITES AND “FIND HELP” DIRECTORIES For anyone in need of support and comfort after abortion, we offer our website … [Read more...]
Finding the Words: the struggle to communicate bad news
FINDING THE WORDS By Kristy Jenkins, MS Even though up to 25% of pregnancies will end in miscarriage, the medical community continues to struggle to find the right words in delivering this delicate news to its patients. Maria Brann, Ph.D, Jennifer Bute, Ph.D., and Susanna Foxworthy Scott have … [Read more...]
MOTHER’S DAY, QUARANTINE AND REPRODUCTIVE LOSS
How to Help Those Impacted by Miscarriage, Abortion and Reproductive Loss on this Unusual Mother’s Day SAN DIEGO – Life Perspectives,® the global leader in training, research, expertise and support after reproductive loss including miscarriage and abortion, today offered advice to help those … [Read more...]
Digital Resources during Social Distancing
During this time of uncertainty, Life Perspectives remains committed to providing comfort, hope, and healing to those who have been impacted by reproductive loss. In fact, our digital healing resources miscarriagehurts.com and abortionchangesyou.com become more important than ever during this period … [Read more...]
A Day to Remember Lost Little Ones – Michaelene Fredenburg
In 1988, President Ronald Reagan dedicated October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. Since then, over a dozen states and the House of Representatives have marked Oct. 15 as a special day of remembrance for infants lost prior to birth. This is undoubtedly a good thing, yet there … [Read more...]
Meghan McCain on Why She Opened About Her Miscarriage Despite Being ‘Petrified’
A day after publishing an essay detailing her "horrendous" miscarriage in The New York Times, Meghan McCain opened up further about the tragedy in a powerful social media post. In Friday's piece, titled "Meghan McCain: What I Learned From My Miscarriage," the daughter of late Senator John … [Read more...]
Pushing aside talk about miscarriages isn’t helping society
When I ran into an old friend the other day, she asked me how old my youngest child was now. When I told her, she seemed confused and then said, “Oh sorry, I thought she was the same age as my youngest, but I forgot that you miscarried that pregnancy..." Read the full article … [Read more...]
I had a miscarriage but I don’t regret telling people I was pregnant before 12 weeks
Last week, I had a miscarriage. It’s not a fun story, but the long and the short of it is that I had some bleeding, went in for a scan and found out that the pregnancy had stopped developing a few weeks previous... Read the full article here. … [Read more...]
Wife of NFL quarterback reveals couple’s miscarriage in emotional post
The wife of Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Nick Foles revealed that she's had a miscarriage after 15 weeks of pregnancy. In a heartfelt post on social media Wednesday, Tori Foles said it happened after she suffered from pneumonia... Read the Full Article Here … [Read more...]
What I Didn’t Expect When I Was No Longer Expecting – Chaunie Brusie
Before it happened to me, I had no idea what to expect from a miscarriage. I didn't know it was possible to be pregnant and planning for a baby one day and then have your world come crashing around you the next... Read the Full Article … [Read more...]
Reproductive Loss Can Cause Grief – Elaine Allen-Emrich
NORTH PORT — When treating someone for addiction or helping them out of homelessness, many don’t think to ask questions like has the person experienced any type of reproductive loss in their past. While it would seem there’s no correlation, California author Michaelene Fredenburg says the impact … [Read more...]
