This is a support guide for parents who are experiencing a miscarriage, you will find information, which we hope will help you get through this difficult ordeal.
Brochure: Miscarriage (coming soon)
- Returning with empty arms :
Perinatal bereavement is an important and little-known reality that is often difficult to understand. Returning with Empty Arms is a series of 4 programs in which parents who have experienced perinatal bereavement and those around them tell us their stories. This series allows us to better understand this subject, which is still taboo today, and the silence that surrounds it. Specialists provide their insight by answering the many questions raised by the loss of a baby. These videos covering different themes were produced to help and inform parents and their loved ones.
To watch the episodes created by CHU Ste-Justine specialists click here.
- Organizations to help you if you are experiencing perinatal bereavement:
Parents Orphelins, the Quebec Association of Parents Experiencing Perinatal Bereavement, is a non-profit organization which was created in 2008. Parents Orphelins represents all parents who are experiencing perinatal bereavement, i.e., any person who has experienced a pregnancy which resulted in the death of a baby, which occurs during pregnancy, during childbirth or in the first year of life. Administered by and for parents experiencing perinatal bereavement, the mission of the association is to bring together parents experiencing perinatal bereavement in Quebec so that they can help each other while benefiting from services complementary to those found in the health services.
To contact Parents Orphelins:
E-mail : info@parentsorphelins.org
Tel. : 514 686-4880
Website : https://parentsorphelins.org/
SOS Grossesse an independent community organization whose main mission is to welcome and support, in complete confidentiality, any person directly or indirectly concerned by situations relating to pregnancy, whether planned or not. This includes the different possible outcomes of a pregnancy, i.e., continuation of pregnancy, adoption, and termination of pregnancy, but also contraception, absence of pregnancy and perinatal bereavement.
To contact SOS Grossesse:
Tel.: 1 877 662- 9666
Website: https://sosgrossesse.ca/fr
Deuil 02 is a non-profit community organization that helps anyone experiencing distress following bereavement or loss in their life: death, breakup, loss of health and self-confidence. They offer support, personalized follow-up, support groups, activities and conferences to the population of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.
To contact Deuil 02 :
Tel. : 418 602-1388
Website : Deuil02Pasage|Saguenay|aide deuil et décès
In addition to a multitude of other service offered, La Nichée, located in Alma, also offers support groups for perinatal bereavement.
To contact La Nichée :
Tel.: 418 668-3738
Website: https://lanichee.org