Full Spectrum Pregnancy Loss Course

This course is special to me…

It combines years of knowledge, wisdom, and support in community around complex manifestations of pregnancy loss and distills it to be accessible to people at large. It attempts to bypass constructions of who can or should know how to support these losses, re-centers the person experiencing loss as the ultimate expert, and looks at alternative, holistic, and home-based options for loss management (when safe and possible).

It’s how I think about loss: as a whole. As pieces to a puzzle of reproduction. As all so similar and also so unique. If you want to peak in my heart and brain in how I piece together physiology with deep support, this course is for you.

This course was designed for midwives, community care providers, and radical birth attendants looking to provide hands-on direct support for clients through this process. 

All lessons feature a 30-70min video lesson(s), audio lesson, slide deck, and written summary of lesson as well as relevant downloads of care plans, resource sheets, and practice guidelines.

I don’t assume your role or how you approach loss work/care…

Everyone has access to special lessons detailing home management options and protocols, as well as deep emotional support, preparations for loss. We need more people skilled and versed in good wrap-around care, regardless of your “credentials” or previous experience.

Sample Lesson…

What Students Are Saying…

I have been waiting for this course for YEARS!

Molly is such an incredible teacher and her technique and clinical practice is compassionate, knowledgeable and loving which is exactly what you want when supporting families through the loss of a pregnancy. This course gave me:

* The confidence to work with families through one of the most difficult events they may experience.

* The ability to work with other professionals, understand and convey their practice to my clients.

* An understanding and plan to support myself and other professionals who do this work.

* Incredible resources for further learning and to keep up to date with my new skills.

I can’t wait to connect with others who have taken this course and create a whole community that advocates and has full understanding of what happens when people experience pregnancy loss, miscarriage and abortion.

— Jenna, Perth, Australia

Course Outline…

Lesson 1: Pregnancy Loss: The Big Picture

A big-picture understanding of the overall experience of pregnancy loss, overarching physiology of pregnancy and losing pregnancies, emotional process of pregnancy loss, and care plans for preparing for loss, attending loss, and recovering from loss. 

Downloads:

Preparing for Pregnancy Loss Template, Healing After Pregnancy Loss Template

Lesson 2: Early Losses: Miscarriage before 16 weeks

A deeper dive into miscarriage, its various types, physiology, labwork and ultraousnds, and how to care for miscarriage in a way that feels helpful and healing. 

Sublesson: Miscarriage Management: takes a look at management options for assisting miscarriage, including herbal protocols, medication, aspiration and extraction, and expectant management. 

Downloads: 

Resource Sheet for Miscarriage, Practice Protocol for Miscarriage

Lesson 3: Chosen Losses: Abortion 

A deeper dive into abortion care, including a history of abortion care for the last few hundred years, its physiology, labwork and ultrasounds, and how to holistically support early abortion. 

Sublesson: Later Abortion Care: takes a look at later abortions (in the late second/early third trimester) and their specifics for care

Sublesson: Abortion Management: takes a look at home-based methods for abortion management, including herbs, medications, home extractions and aspirations, and more

Downloads: 

Resource sheet for Abortion, Resource sheet for Later Abortions, Practice Protocol for Abortion

Lesson 4: Unusual Pregnancy Losses: Ectopic & Molar Pregnancies

A deeper dive into two more unusual manifestations of pregnancy loss: ectopic pregnancy and molar pregnancy. We take a look at the incidence, physiology, and treatment(s) of each, as well as holistic support in the face of more challenging diagnoses.

Downloads: 

Resource sheet for Ectopic & Molar Pregnancies, Practice Protocol for Ectopic & Molar Pregnancies

Lesson 5: Later Losses: Later Miscarriage & Stillbirth

A deeper dive into later miscarriage and stillbirth, including its incidence, physiology, expectant management and labour induction, support in home and hospital settings, and support through deep personal tragedy. 

Downloads:

Resource sheet for Later Losses, Practice Protocol for Later Losses

Lesson 6: Infertility, Fertility, and Pregnancy After Loss(es)

A look at infertility as a constant pregnancy loss, the challenges of fertility in some bodies, and the emotions and physiology of pregnancy as it surrounds pregnancy loss and/or infertility. 

Downloads: 

Resources sheet for Infertility, Fertility, and Pregnancy After Loss(es), Practice Protocol for Infertility

Lesson 7: Professional Practice in Loss Care

A look at structuring a practice and staying up to date on information as a loss professional. A look at connecting with clients in your community, and reciprocity in this care. Additionally, miscellaneous discussions on labowork and ultrasound investigations is tucked in here for deeper understanding. 

Lesson 8: Self-Care, Healing, and Preparation for Loss

A look at how to care for yourself while caring for others through some of the most challenging days of their lives. A look at trauma responses, resilience, and setting healthy boundaries, as well as preparing in advance for difficult experiences. 

Download: 

Self-Care Plan Template

Price for lifetime access to course.

Scholarships available on request.