Here at stillbirthday:
- birth plans for birth in any trimester
- certified Birth & Bereavement Doulas®
- support for the places where birth and bereavement meet
HEARTS RELEASE
Selecting a name for your beloved baby is important. This is true for families experiencing birth in any trimester.
Every year we release thousands of teeny, degradable paper hearts that are handscribed with our beloved babies’ names. It is free to include your babies’ names. It is free to attend. Our babies’ legacies are being spread throughout the world, one annual Hearts Release at a time.
What is your beloved baby’s name?
I will be so very honored to handwrite your babies’ names to be held along with my own baby’s name. -Heidi Faith, stillbirthday founder
You can learn about the history of the Hearts Release, follow along our facebook page for event details and you can share your beloved babies’ names to be included. Heidi Faith, the founder of stillbirthday, handwrites every beloved baby’s name shared here and on stillbirthday social media accounts (FB, IG, X).
2027
Celebrate our 16th annual Hearts Release with us!
Every year since 2011, stillbirthday has been intentional with our messaging about our heart work of releasing.
In anticipation of 2027, the thematic message of our 16th Hearts Release is held in great deliberation.
Somewhat counterintuitively, the purpose of our grief work is in fact to transition into healing – an invisible pregnancy itself, this grief -though so too we face another separation from what we come to know to be true as we dare to become familiar with our healing. We may laugh again, though heartbreak stays and so laughter is never felt quite the same again. We may get pregnant again, though in any lifetime or universe there is no replacement for our beloved babies, our children who are not here with us in all the ways our hearts yearn for. We may one uneventful day help our grandchildren create their first, crayon-etched family tree and we may sigh one of those elder people’s sighs, a release of knowing and holding love, and we may or may not speak the names of the invisible spaces.
What will our future hold, as we continue to grow in our healing?
Like a Sweet 16, let us anticipate the 2027 Hearts Release being a time of curiosity, bravery, and connection.
You can email heidi.faith@stillbirthday.com to share your beloved babies’ names, or find more details on our facebook page.
SBD DOULA®
QUICK ENROLLMENT
Step 1 can be completed by anyone on the student’s behalf.
Step 2 is for the intended student.
BIRTH & BEREAVEMENT QUOTES
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.
SBD CONNECT
The SBD Connect app is an online, web-accessible application that begins with a virtual map, allowing mothers and families to locate and connect with the area SBD Doulas who are published in its database. Your SBD support has just became even closer to home.
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