Parents Supporting Parents: Implementing a Peer Parent Program for Perinatal Loss

Hospitals and organizations that support parents dealing with perinatal loss should consider including peer support programs. Although some organizations may develop such programs informally, we determined parents found benefit in a more formalized training to gain confidence in their therapeutic abilities and to further develop their own support and sense of community. As a whole, the parents providing support and those receiving support found the program to be helpful toward their healing. Such programs offer a much needed one-on-one approach to care that provides grieving parents with a normalizing experience.