Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day

Today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. For those who have suffered the loss of a baby and are grieving, here are a few resources that may be of interest, particularly around miscarriage:

📗 What Was Lost: A Christian Journey through Miscarriage by Elise Erikson Barrett
📗 Grace Like Scarlett: Grieving with Hope after Miscarriage and Loss by Adriel Booker
📗 Unexpecting: Real Talk on Pregnancy Loss by Rachel Lewis
📗 Hannah's Hope: Seeking God's Heart in the Midst of Infertility, Miscarriage, and Adoption Loss by Jennifer Saake
📗 Grieving the Child I Never Knew: A Devotional for Comfort in the Loss of Your Unborn or Newly Born Child by Kathe Wunnenberg

Other titles not depicted:
📗 Our Hope for Isabelle: Grieving with Joy and Hope for Eternity through Infant Loss by Taylor Bloomquist and Elizabeth Bloomquist
📗 Empty Arms: Hope and Support for Those Who Have Suffered a Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Tubal Pregnancy by Pam Vredevelt
📗 Held: 31 Biblical Reflections on God's Comfort and Care in the Sorrow of Miscarriage by Abbey Wedgeworth
📗 Miscarried Hope: Journeying with Jesus through Pregnancy and Infant Loss by Rachel Lohman
📗 Infertility Lies: A Journey of Discovering Truth by Dr. Karen Snow ND *not a Christian resource but helpful

The Canadian website for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day puts it beautifully: "As a community, we want to acknowledge the significance of the babies who died too early. They matter to their parents, and they made a difference in this world."

Grieving parents can take part in commemorating this day by lighting a candle, participating in a walk or other memorial activity (where available), saying their baby's name, and supporting other parents in their journey.

"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." - Psalm 34:18

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