Supporting Yourself in the Long Term

Grief doesn’t follow a set timeline. While the intensity may ease, the ache of pregnancy loss can resurface months or even years later—especially around anniversaries, due dates, or life milestones.

Long-term healing means learning to live with the loss, not erase it. It involves finding ways to carry your baby’s memory forward while also caring for your ongoing emotional health.

Therapy, support groups, and online communities can offer sustained connection. Self-care practices—like rest, movement, creative expression, or time in nature—nourish your nervous system over time.

Let yourself revisit your grief when it arises. There’s no “graduation” from loss, and no shame in needing support again down the road.

Healing isn’t linear. Be gentle with yourself as you grow around the grief.

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