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Blog - Cheryl Reeley LCSW Pregnancy Postpartum & Parenting online therapy

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As October comes to a close, so does Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. For the past thirty-one days, stories have been shared, candles lit, names spoken, and grief honored. The month has been filled with reminders that 1 in 4 pregnancies ends in loss, and that behind every statistic is a story, a baby, a family forever changed.

But awareness d...

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Supporting families through pregnancy and infant loss is sacred work. It is also heavy, complex, and often lonely. Providers are asked to hold grief, offer guidance, and maintain professionalism — all while managing their own emotions.

You don’t have to do it alone. Resources exist — for skill-building, for education, and for emotional support.

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There are moments in care that define how families remember their providers. For many parents who have experienced pregnancy loss, the words used in those moments echo for years — sometimes decades. A single phrase can either soften an unbearable truth or compound the trauma of loss.

As providers, we often lean on clinical language. It feels precise, a...

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There’s a moment many providers know all too well: walking into a room, delivering heartbreaking news, offering condolences — and then moving on to the next patient, because the schedule doesn’t pause for grief.

We absorb the shock, the tears, the silence. We carry stories of families whose babies never came home. And over time, the weight builds. What...

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There are moments in clinical practice that stay with us forever. The ultrasound screen where silence replaces a heartbeat. The exam room where we must say words no parent ever wants to hear. The hallway outside a hospital room where we pause, take a breath, and prepare ourselves to walk into someone’s worst day.

Pregnancy loss is not just a medical ev...

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