After the loss of your baby
We are deeply sorry for the loss of your baby. You don’t have to walk this path alone.
Support is available for you during this very difficult time. Explore the resources below and on this page as you feel ready:
- Coping with ending a pregnancy - BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre
- Miscarriage - BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre
- Stillbirth and newborn loss - BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre
For more information about services and support in your community, contact your local health unit.
If you’re aware of local grief support services available in your community that are not listed here, or if any of the information is incorrect, email us at HealthyStart@northernhealth.ca.
Dawson Creek
- Grief support from South Peace Hospice Palliative Care Society
- Email: sphpcs@pris.ca
- Phone: 250-782-3261
Fort St. John
- Grief support from Fort St. John Palliative Care Society
- Phone: 250-787-2814
Prince George
- Bereavement support from Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society
- Phone: 250-985-5815
Prince Rupert
- Grief support from trained volunteers at Prince Rupert Hospice Society
- Phone: 250-622-6204
Quesnel
- Grief and bereavement support from Quesnel and District Hospice Palliative Care Association
- Email: info@qdhpca.org
- Phone: 250-985-5816
Smithers
- Grief support from trained support workers at Bulkley Valley Hospice Society
- Phone: 250-877-7451
Terrace
- Grief support from Terrace Hospice Society
- Email: terracehospice@citywest.ca
- Phone: 250-635-4811
BC Bereavement Helpline
- Assists families in coping with loss and managing grief
- Email: contact@bcbh.ca
- Phone: 1-877-779-2223
- Website: www.bcbh.ca
BC Women’s perinatal loss support group
- Available for families across BC
- Phone: 604-875-2619
Canuck Place Children’s Hospice
- Grief, bereavement, and spiritual support for mothers and families
- Email: bereavement@canuckplace.org
- Phone: 1-877-882-2288
Hope for Wellness Helpline
- Culturally safe support for all Indigenous people across Canada
- Phone: 1-855-242-3310
- Website: www.hopeforwellness.ca
Kids Grief - Canadian Virtual Hospice
- Talk with kids about serious illness, dying, and death
- Website: www.kidsgrief.ca
Pregnancy, Infant, and Child Loss Support Centre
- Calgary-based pregnancy and infant loss helpline available to individuals who have experienced impacts of infertility, miscarriage, termination for medical reasons, stillbirth, neonatal loss, and sudden infant loss syndrome (SIDS)
- Phone: 1-825-205-7918
- Email: info@pilsc.org
The arrival of your breast milk after the loss of your baby can be surprising, comforting, or difficult. There is no right or wrong way to feel. Some parents choose to donate their milk to other babies in need. Others want to dry up their milk as quickly as possible. It is your choice. These resources may help:
- After the loss of your baby: Lactation after loss - BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre
- Commonly asked questions about lactation after loss - La Leche League (LLL) International
- Donor human milk - Northern Health
- Lactation after loss (PDF) - BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre
Featured resources
- Infertility, pregnancy, and infant loss support - Butterfly Run Vancouver
- Podcast: Stillbirth happens - BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre
- Pregnancy and infant loss - The Pregnancy HUB, BC Association for Pregnancy Outreach Programs
- Private support group - Ending a Wanted Pregnancy
Featured NH Stories
- Grieving the loss of an unborn child: One mother's experience
- Pregnancy and infant loss remembrance day - Oct 15
For more information
- Email us at HealthyStart@northernhealth.ca if you have any questions
- October 15 – Pregnancy and infant loss awareness day - BC Childloss Support Network (BCCSN)
- For information about grief and loss support in local First Nations communities, see Maternal Child Health Program - First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)