Pregnancy After Loss Support

Pregnancy After Loss Support Choosing hope over fear while nurturing grief during a pregnancy after a previous loss.

A Message from Our Founder and an Important Update on the Future of PALSThirteen years ago, I gave birth to my daughter,...
12/30/2025

A Message from Our Founder and an Important Update on the Future of PALS

Thirteen years ago, I gave birth to my daughter, Nora, who was born still and silent into this world on a cold December day in 2012. Months later, as I navigated the overwhelming grief of her loss while carrying the hope and fear of a subsequent pregnancy, I realized how few resources there were for those going through the emotional journey pregnancy after loss.

Pregnancy after loss is the hardest thing I've ever done after losing my child. So, after my second daughter Zoe was born, I wanted to create a space for those navigating the unique experience of grieving one child while expecting another, and that is how Pregnancy After Loss Support (PALS) was born. Because of Nora, we built this community. Because of all of you, we built a movement of courageous parents who choose hope over fear throughout their subsequent pregnancy.

📣 As Nora reaches this milestone birthday, I am sharing some bittersweet news: Pregnancy After Loss Support will be closing its independent operations at the end of 2025.

Carrying the Mission Forward: Return to Zero: Hope

While the PALS organization is closing this chapter, our mission is not ending. We are incredibly honored to announce that our friends at Return to Zero: Hope (RTZ) will be continuing PALS’ legacy.

By integrating PALS’ core resources into their existing programs, RTZ will expand their pregnancy after loss offerings, ensuring that the support, education, and community you rely on will remain available to those who need it most.

Important Updates on Resources

We want to be transparent about what this transition looks like for our digital tools and community spaces:

💕 The Pregnancy After Loss App: Unfortunately, the Pregnancy After Loss App will no longer be available after the end of 2025. We know how vital the week-by-week guidance is for your peace of mind. RTZ is currently exploring new ways to share this specific support through another medium so that parents continue to receive that guidance through each milestone.

💕 The PALS Website: Our website will remain live in its current form for the time being. This allows RTZ the time they need to thoughtfully incorporate our library of articles and resources into their own website.

💕 Social Media: Our social media accounts will no longer post new content after the end of the year. However, they will remain online as an archive so you can still access past posts, stories, and words of encouragement.

💕 Facebook Support Groups: Our private Facebook groups will be archived. While new posts will not be accepted, the groups will remain searchable so members can look back at the community and conversations shared there.

A Bittersweet Farewell

This is a profoundly bittersweet time for our team and for me personally, as grief and joy intertwined often are. Closing this chapter feels like watching a child grow up and move on. And yet, I am so proud of the community we built, the awareness we spread, and the support that is more widely available because of the work started at PALS.

To our community: Thank you. Thank you for trusting us. Thank you for sharing your stories, your babies, your fears, and your joy. It has been an incredible honor to walk beside you during some of the most vulnerable and sacred moments of your lives. You have taught me more about resilience and love than I ever thought possible. I know the spirit of Nora and all our babies will live on in the support you continue to give one another.
With love and hope,

Lindsey M. Henke
Founder, Pregnancy After Loss Support

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We are so grateful that Return to Zero (RTZ) will continue PALS' mission. Be sure to connect with them on social media and sign up for their newsletter for support and updates on their pregnancy after loss resources.

💕 Visit RTZ's website and subscribe to their newsletter (scroll to the bottom of the page for their newsletter sign-up): https://rtzhope.org/

💕 Follow Return To Zero: HOPE on Facebook and Instagram ().

💕 Make a donation through their website to support this transition and their work. You can also donate through Venmo .

Also, we wanted to let you know that RTZ offers 6-week online support groups for parents experiencing loss, pregnancy after loss, and parenting after loss. They have upcoming groups for both pregnancy after loss and parenting after loss, starting at the end of January. If you are looking for extra support, these groups are invaluable. For more information and to register visit: https://rtzhope.org/register

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Get your shirts here ➡️ https://meekmanor.com/PAIL

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This October, we at PALS are honoring Pregnancy, Infant, and Child Loss Awareness Month by remembering all of the precious babies who brought us to PALS. We wouldn't be here in this community without them. They are the thread that ties us all together. We love them and miss them, and this month, we want the world to know that because of these children, we are forever changed.

We're sending all of our families lots of love. We know it can be an incredibly emotional month. We love telling the world about our babies, but it can also be hard and sad. Be gentle with yourselves this month.

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