Evie’s Network, a non-profit organization based in the United States, is dedicated to providing information and resources to mothers, fathers, families, friends, coworkers and medical professionals on the tragedy of losing a much-loved baby to stillbirth. The organization’s primary purpose is to connect women who experienced stillbirth for direct, peer-to-peer support. As a mother who lost her first child to stillbirth at 41 weeks of pregnancy, I understand how vital it is to connect with other women who have also suffered the physical and emotional trauma of stillbirth. Giving birth, whether vaginally or by Cesarean section, to a baby you know has already died carries a lasting emotional impact unique to other forms of pregnancy and child loss. While fully realizing the devestation that a loss of a child at any age or stage of pregnancy brings to the surviving family, Evie’s Network has chosen to focus its limited resources solely on the tragedy of stillbirth and the accompanying physical and emotional trauma suffered by the birthing mother.

Evie’s Network was founded by Virginia Bertholet, who suffered the stillbirth of her only two children, Bigelow at 28 weeks gestation in 1995 from severe toxemia and Evie at 36 weeks gestation in 2000 from a placental abruption. If you are a recently bereaved mother looking for help with your grief, consider signing up for peer-to-peer support at Evie’s Network. Communicating with other mothers who understand first-hand what it means to leave the labor and delivery floor without their babies is tremendously healing. For those women who are a little further along in this life without their children, Evie’s Network offers an opportunity to share your story with newly bereaved mothers, giving them valuable support when they need it the most. More information can be found on the organization’s website at Evie’s Network