Perinatal Hospice & Palliative Care
Perinatal hospice & palliative care helps parents embrace whatever life their baby might be able to have, before and after birth.
“Perinatal hospice and palliative care is an innovative and compassionate model of support for parents who choose to continue their pregnancies following a prenatal diagnosis indicating that their baby has a life-limiting condition and might die before or shortly after birth. As prenatal testing continues to advance, more families are finding themselves in this heartbreaking situation. Perinatal (perinatal means around the time of birth) hospice incorporates the philosophy and expertise of hospice and palliative care into the care of this new population of patients. This specialized support is provided from the time of diagnosis through the baby's birth and death. Perinatal palliative care helps parents embrace whatever life their baby might be able to have, before and after birth.”
- Amy Kuebelbeck, author of A Gift of Time
Find more information on Perinatal Hospice below:
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Overview of Perinatal Hospice
Learn more about the gift of time with your baby
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State-Specific Perinatal Hospice
Find a perinatal hospice program in your area
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Embracing Grace
Peer-led hospice support
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Sufficient Grace Ministries
Palliative Care and Perinatal Hospice support
John Paul Raphael Leon
“After receiving our son’s life-limiting diagnosis, perinatal hospice allowed us to focus on the beauty of John Paul Raphael’s life, not just the reality of his death. Working with hospice professionals helped us advocate for our son during his brief life and make choices that made the most of the gift of his life while also making sure our baby had no unnecessary suffering.”
— Elizabeth Leon, Director of Family Support for Red Bird Ministries