Stillbirthday Rainbow Bridge

As a doula, birth is often likened to a bridge.

I can companion a mother through labor to birth, and I can meet her on the other side after her baby is born, but the actual birth of her baby, in any trimester, is her journey.

I can’t cross the bridge for her, and I can’t undo the journey for her. She is the mother whose body is laboring forward.

Have you heard a Waldorf birth story? It is a spiritual story, that includes the baby crossing a rainbow bridge at birth. It is a story that parents read to their children every birthday – and, quite appropriately, every stillbirthday as well.

This beautiful rainbow bridge is in Taiwan. Wouldn’t you just love to go there and light a lantern for your baby from this bridge?

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BIRTH & BEREAVEMENT QUOTES

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Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.

— Bob Marley

If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart; I’ll stay there forever.

— Winnie the Pooh

I will carry you.

— Angie Smith

I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always. As long as I’m living, my baby you’ll be.

— Robert Munch, bereaved father

Perhaps strength doesn’t reside in having never been broken, but in the courage required to grow strong in the broken places.

— Unknown

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BECOME A DOULA!

Enroll now in the Birth & Bereavement Doula® program!

We onboard enrolled students into the program by email invitation.

After tuition, you can email heidi.faith@stillbirthday.com directly to expedite this step. Alternatively, if you prefer fb communications, you can join us in Admissions.