Pregnancy Loss Journal Instant Download: Feeling Your Feelings

You’ve been told that your baby’s heart is no longer beating. Or you never even got to the scan date.

That positive pregnancy test carried so much hope and so much love. But now it lays tucked in a drawer and makes you sad everytime you see it. Those double lines were the future that was taken from you.

Now that you have moved through the physical stages of pregnancy loss, you may feel overwhelmed with a chaotic emptiness that you’re struggling to make sense of. And whilst we can’t truthfully promise healing or a solution, we can provide you with a space to explore these complex emotions. Whether it’s longing, jealousy, fear or exhaustion- there is no need to be censored around us and, importantly, we acknowledge moments of love, hope and tenderness that you can encounter during pregnancy loss too.

We have purposefully named emotions as the starting point. You choose how you feel in that moment or an emotion that keeps recurring for you and we provide you with three opportunities to reflect:

• A journal task: these are usually short writing tasks, tables or diagrams that you can complete and repeat at any stage of your grieving process. They can also be shared, because they might have given you some insight that it would be helpful to share with your support network.

• An experience: we encourage you to complete a self-directed practical activity that may involve seeking out other forms of restorative practise or movement that can help release some of the tension associated with certain emotions.

• A relationship-focused sharing task: this is primarily aimed at sharing thoughts and feelings with you partner, as they move through their grief too. However, if you would prefer to work with a friend, family member or perinatal specialist, such as a therapist, this would work too.

Aware that we want to support you to reflect safely, we have outlined a few grounding techniques, such as breathing, visualisation and guided meditation, so that should you feel yourself getting panicky or triggered, you can step away from the journal and focus on the safety of the present moment.

We also have dedicated space to explore areas such as How Others Treat Me, Difficult Days (such as anniversaries or when other’s announce their pregnancy) and Weekly check-ins, including a reconnection with your body’s physical needs.

Please note: This journal is available as a PDF download that is available directly after purchasing. You can download it and print it off to handwrite your responses or use software that enables you to edit a PDF document. As a result no refunds are accepted, although please contact us via email on hello@birthproject.uk if you have any concerns.

Kind Words:

Whatever you’re feeling—this journal embraces it, holding space for your grief exactly as it is in this moment.