Community partner spotlight: Loss of pregnancy, infant support

The Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support Centre (PILSC) provides specialized peer and professional support for individuals and families experiencing pregnancy loss, infant loss, infertility, and complex reproductive grief.

The centre offers:

• Professional counselling and coaching with practitioners trained in reproductive grief, pregnancy and infant loss, and infertility
• Peer support groups for pregnancy loss, infant loss, and infertility experiences
• Peer mentorship that connects individuals with trained volunteers who have experienced similar journeys
• Social connection groups offering not a support group, but gentle opportunities for community and connection
• Comfort boxes, including Indigenous memorial and ceremony boxes, sent to families shortly after a loss

Current wait times are minimal, and support is typically available within weeks.

Eligibility:

• Services are available to adults — parents, partners, and family members — across Alberta who are impacted by reproductive grief.
• Reproductive grief includes early pregnancy loss (such as miscarriage, chemical pregnancy, and ectopic pregnancy), stillbirth and neonatal loss, sudden infant loss, termination for medical reasons, infertility, and other complex reproductive journeys.

Access: People can self-refer.

They can sign up for support groups or book with counsellors, coaches, and other professionals:

• On their website (each program page has a sign-up or booking link)
• By calling 1.825.205.7918

If you want free, printed PILSC materials, you can request brochures, posters, and other awareness materials from them online.

You can find and reference previously spotlighted services in the community partner spotlight archive.