Compassionate support for families and clinicians
Here to listen, teach and hold in your most difficult moments
Pregnancy and Infant loss is an unexpected and devastating life event. I am here to help support, plan and prepare for these most difficult moments. To educate, empower and walk beside you.
Family Support
Bereavement support and Perinatal Hospice planning services for families who have received a life limiting diagnosis or who are suffering a pregnancy or infant loss. The opportunity to talk with a perinatal grief specialist, create birth plans for an impending delivery and receive resources.
Bereavement Education
Custom bereavement education classes for clinicians , social workers and first responders who encounter pregnancy loss and infant death.
Public Speaking
Public Speaking on the topics of Pregnancy and Child Loss for anyone looking to gain more insight on the complexities and intricacies of this type of grief and loss or who are looking to develop a program to serve these families.
About To Hear and To Hold Bereavement Support and Education
About Amanda
Family Support Services
Family Support Services
Amanda brings 21 years of experience as an OB nurse and 8 years as a certified perinatal bereavement coordinator and specialist- helping families and other medical professionals navigate the complexities of pregnancy and child loss. She is also a mother, former foster parent and child sibling loss survivor. She brings both expertise and p
Amanda brings 21 years of experience as an OB nurse and 8 years as a certified perinatal bereavement coordinator and specialist- helping families and other medical professionals navigate the complexities of pregnancy and child loss. She is also a mother, former foster parent and child sibling loss survivor. She brings both expertise and personal experience to those who find themselves confronting this most difficult life event.
Family Support Services
Family Support Services
Family Support Services
No one prepares to receive the news that their baby has or will die. Amanda helps families navigate processing this news, finding local resources, planning for delivery by creating collaborative birth plans, planning the funeral/memorial service and post-death support services.
Support for Workers
Family Support Services
Support for Workers
Pregnancy, infant and child loss affects more than just the loved ones of the child. Workers who are tasked with helping these children and families often report feeling unprepared and often walk away with their own trauma. Workplace trauma is one of the most unaddressed aspects of those caring professions. Amanda brings her clinical expertise to help prepare and support these professions .