How Gathering Hope Makes A Difference

We are not therapists or counselors, instead, we are a movement to empower women to grieve and celebrate the lives they lost together, with other mothers.

Evidence suggests that social support can be critical in mitigating the grief response following pregnancy loss, and receiving that support from another woman who has also lost a baby makes an even bigger impact.

“It is...important that the wider public are aware that miscarriage is associated with significant psychological impacts regardless of the length of the pregnancy. Social networks play an important role in supporting women following this event and positive support experiences can play a role in buffering women’s experiences of grief, loss and psychological distress following miscarriage. Many studies have reported that for most women, speaking to other women who have experienced miscarriage themselves was the most helpful support they received, as they often felt that these women understood their experience more fully."

(SOURCE: MILLER, E. J., TEMPLE-SMITH, M. J., & BILARDI, J. E. (2019) HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0217395)