Pittsburgh Bereavement Doulas provides doulas and photographers who come alongside families during labor and in the immediate hours after their baby is born, to provide support and companionship during pregnancy and infant loss. Since our founding in 2018, PBD has served almost 400 families. Our doulas are trained, paid professionals who work all hours of the day and are dedicated to helping grieving parents. No one is ever prepared for the death of their baby. To have a trained perinatal loss professional who can sit with you in your grief, listen to your fears, walk you through next steps, and readjust to life at home, is something that every newly bereaved parent should be offere

The money that you raise will go directly towards funding doula and photography services for the next loss family. We will create a unique fundraising webpage for you to share and when your $700 goal has been reached, you will go onto our sponsors list and be recognized on our website. When a doula is serving a new loss family at the hospital, she will present them with a soft flannel heart and your family's name and contact info (if you choose to share it). You as the sponsor will also receive a matching heart and notification that your donation was utilized and that you might be hearing from your sponsored family to connect and receive mutual support on your grief journey.

Your fundraising page will remain open indefinitely. If you want to keep it going and sponsor multiple families, we would love and encourage that. You can invite friends and family members to donate to your page at any time they may have otherwise purchased gifs for your child (like birthdays and holidays). Whenever a new $700 level is reached, you'll go back on the sponsor list for another future family. We hope this is a beautiful way of giving your baby a lasting legacy, forming connections and community with other loss parents, and helping PBD continue to be here for a long time to come.