Fertile Diversity

Here is a place to share your ideas, thoughts, feelings and experiences regarding diversity in birth and bereavement.

You can share anything:

old wives tales
ancient practices
things you’ve heard of
cultural practices
religious beliefs

On any of these subjects:

fertility (things that are said to help or hinder)
pregnancy (things to do or things to avoid during)
birth (things to do or not do during childbirth)
early parenting, and this can include most anything.
bereavement, mourning
death and afterlife

Here are some examples regarding early parenting:

beliefs about breastmilk
family customs, the role of each member of the family
practices immediately postpartum
beliefs about various infant or maternal diagnoses or medical care

Here are some examples regarding bereavement:

beliefs about proper mourning
customs or expectations around bereavement

Share Your Thoughts

You are invited to share comments, links or other resources that can help create a positive dialogue and more open communication regarding better understanding diversity in all subjects surrounding birth and bereavement. Sharing a comment does not make that opinion exclusive fact (there may be many beliefs in one culture, for example). As with everything at stillbirthday, these comments are moderated and anything remotely derogatory toward any belief will not be published.

See What We Have

Check out the great resources we already have listed at our Long Term Healing resources; we want this list to keep growing – specifically as they apply to diverse beliefs, practices and traditions on these subjects.

Get Even More Involved

Share Your Story

Please, consider sharing your special story here at stillbirthday. It will also be held in our section of diversity stories.

If you feel particularly well versed in any belief system, you might want to expand on your comment here,and contribute an article as a member of the SBD News Team!

Stillbirthday provides birth and bereavement support globally, and students in our training come from all over the world! If you’d like to become a member of our internationally respected birth and bereavement doula training program, with an emphasis in diversity, check out our SIS discount and join our Stillbirthday Birth & Bereavement Diversity team!

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BIRTH & BEREAVEMENT QUOTES

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Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.

— Paulo Coelho

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.

— John Calvin

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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.