Compassionate Bereavement Doula Support in Seattle, King and Snohomish Counties*

Navigating the journey of pregnancy or infant loss is a cycle of profound grief that requires specialized, tender care. I provide emotional, informational, and physical support designed to honor your experience and anchor you through the hardest moments. As your bereavement doula, I offer a non-judgmental sanctuary where your loss is recognized and your path toward healing is held with compassion, professional integrity, and deep empathy.

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Support is highly individualized to your needs but some examples of what care with me can look like include

• Emotional support without judgment
  Holding space for grief, confusion, relief, guilt, or mixed emotions, whatever is present.
  Example: Sitting with you as you process a termination for medical reasons (TFMR), validating both love for your baby and the complexity of this decision. Or providing the same if you have decided end your pregnancy for other reasons.

• Decision-making support (non-directive)
  Providing grounded information and helping you feel resourced in your choices without influencing outcomes.
  Example: Walking through what to expect with a miscarriage at home vs. medical management, or helping you prepare questions for your care team after a fatal diagnosis.

• Birth and loss planning
  Helping create a personalized plan for labor, delivery, or miscarriage that aligns with your values and wishes.
  Example: Supporting you in designing a birth plan for a baby with a life-limiting condition, including comfort care and memory-making.

• Advocacy and navigation of medical systems
  Helping you feel seen, heard, and respected in clinical environments.
  Example: Helping you to build an appointment plan to ensure your preferences around induction, pain management, or seeing/holding your baby are honored.

• Physical presence during loss or birth
  Providing continuous, calming support during miscarriage, labor, or termination procedures when possible.
  Example: Staying with you during a miscarriage at home, offering reassurance, grounding, and guidance on what is normal.

• Ritual, remembrance, and meaning-making
  Offering ways to honor the baby and the experience in culturally and personally meaningful ways.
  Example: Creating a small ceremony, helping write a letter to the baby, or guiding a naming ritual.

• Memory-making support
  Preserving tangible connections to the baby when desired.
  Example: Assisting with photos, handprints/footprints, keepsakes, or coordinating with hospital bereavement programs.

• Partner and family support
  Supporting loved ones in understanding grief and finding their own ways to process.
  Example: Helping a partner navigate how to support the birthing person while also acknowledging their own grief.

• Post-loss integration and ongoing care
  Continued check-ins and support as grief evolves over time.
  Example: Offering follow-up visits, referrals to therapists or support groups, or helping process anniversaries and triggers.

• Education on grief and the body
  Normalizing physical and emotional responses to loss.
  Example: Explaining postpartum recovery after miscarriage or stillbirth, including hormones, bleeding, and lactation.

• Resource connection
  Linking you with additional support systems when needed.
  Example: Referring to pelvic floor therapists, lactation suppression support, or local loss communities.

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*virtual support available from anywhere