PREGNANCY LOSS, INFANT LOSS, AND INFERTILITY

In collaboration with the Butterfly Run Vancouver, BC Women's Health Foundation and Reproductive Mental Health we created this page to help connect with families going through pregnancy loss, infant loss and infertility, and to help bring awareness to this heartbreaking reality. Here you will find the stories of real life experiences with loss and infertility, resources for support if you’re going through it yourself, and how you can help us support other women and families going through it.

Newborn and family photographer, Kim Forrester, shares her story about miscarriage and experience with pregnancy loss that inspired her to create this project. Click the link below to read her full story and view images from her commemorative photo shoot.

READ KIM’S STORY

Real Women.

Real Stories.

Storytelling connects us all, and with the limited supports available to women experiencing infertility or loss during Covid times, normalizing the conversation around these topics is an important step in helping others feel less isolated and alone. Through sharing your stories and her own, this is the first step towards change and healing.

Click the images below to read the stories of the amazing women who have shared their experiences with us.

If you’d like to submit your own story to share on this page, or book a commemorative photo shoot, please contact us.

1 in 4 women will experience pregnancy loss.

Thank you to everyone that participated in our Butterfly Series Family Photo Session Marathon in support of the Butterfly Run, $500 was raised for this great cause. Donations are accepted anytime, here is the link to directly support the Butterfly Run Vancouver.

DONATE

1 in 6 women will experience infertility.

Have you or are you experiencing pregnancy loss, infant loss or infertility and need support? Please check out our link below for some resources.

RESOURCES

“Stories connect us, empower us, and lift us up.

Stories make us human.”

— Kim Forrester