Baby Loss Comfort Gifts

Support your friend and loved one through one of life’s most bitter experiences—losing a child. Families who have suffered the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death will need your love and support.

No matter what stage of the pregnancy the baby dies, the loss of a child is heartbreaking for the family.

Although nothing can take away the pain, let your friend know you care.

.:: Comforts For Parents: A Time to Grieve ::.

After losing a baby, allow yourself plenty of time to grieve just as you would after the loss of any other precious family member. Be gentle with yourself and look for ways to slow down and be still.

Though you may think you should get busy and try to forget, many parents regret this later on. Instead, use this time to remember your baby.

Scrap book a special album for baby; fill it with baby’s photos and other memory items.

Start a journal and preserve special thoughts and memories of baby.

While you are grieving, do try and go for a walk outside each day. There is something about fresh air and nature that soothes an aching heart.

Sit and listen to some quiet, peaceful music—it can settle your emotions.

Read of other families’ journeys through grief—and take comfort in the fact you are not alone in your grief.

Ask a supportive friend to come spend a day with you.

None of these things will take away the pain you are feeling or ease the longing you have to hold your baby. But they will help you surrender to the grief that surrounds you; they will help you to remember…