While grief itself is universal, some kinds of losses, in our cultural context, remain more silent than others. For example, there is a difference between what our community might understand as the normative grief experience when a parent or spouse dies, and yet we may struggle when loss comes from a pregnancy or neonatal loss. Infertility, all the more so, can be a loss for which it is challenging to gain support from the world around us.
We have noticed over the course of time that these losses have slowly moved from the privacy of conversation, to a broader communal conversation.
While the Northern California Board of Rabbis will try to provide you with direct service and connect you with community services, we recognize the complexity of this unique experience. The button below will provide you with some spiritual need resources that may provide those who have experienced the grief that comes from infertility, pregnancy or neonatal loss with a bit of comfort.
Download Resource CollectionWith our commitment to the building of capacity, within our beloved community, to engage this important kind of grief, we encourage those in need to seek out The Memory Garden. This is a welcoming space for those grieving from fertility and pregnancy losses. Gathering to mourn, remember, and heal is encouraged.