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red_diam.gif (96 bytes) Visit our newest Affinity Partner,The Women & Family Life Center (WFLC).
The Women & Family Life Center serves women and their families who have either been dealt a devastating blow or merely want to improve the quality of their life. WFLC operates on a simple concept: it is a place for individuals on the shoreline to access support, education, information, and referrals.

Welcome to the Hygeia Foundation, Inc. and Institute for Perinatal Loss and Bereavement.  Hygeiaź, symbolic of the Greek mythological goddess of health and healing for which it is named, is an international community of compassion, empathy and support for families who have endured the tragedy of miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal / infant loss. The Hygeia Foundation, Inc. is a IRS approved 501c-3 non-profit organization. Online since 1995 and with over 30,000 members, Hygeiaź has become the most enduring program of compassion, empathy and support pertaining to Perinatal Loss. Hygeiaź provides programs to educate, counsel and support families who grieve the loss of a pregnancy or newborn child, advocate for the healthcare of women and children,worldwide, and promote humanism in the education of tomorrow's healthcare professionals.

The Hygeia Foundation, Inc. and Institute for Perinatal Loss and Bereavement is a non Profit, 501-c-3 organization with a Board of Directors, a Medical Advisory Board and a Parents Board. The Founder and President is Michael R. Berman, M.D. The mission of the Hygeia Foundation, Inc. and Institute for Perinatal Loss and to comfort those who grieve the loss of a pregnancy or newborn child. The Hygeia Foundation, Inc. is striving to improve the awareness of the impact of perinatal, neonatal and infant loss on families, community and society and supports the premise that perinatal and infant morbidity and mortality can be affected by providing all women and their families who have experienced perinatal losses e.g. Stillbirths, the availability of perinatal bereavement counseling, pre- and inter-conception counseling ( including an evaluation and understanding of their losses) and access to comprehensive women's healthcare services. In addition, it is our commitment to educate and support healthcare professionals as they care for their patients experiencing perinatal and neonatal loss.

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Michael R. Berman, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Yale University School of Medicine

Founder and President
Hygeia Foundation and Institute for
Perinatal Loss and Bereavement

Hygeia is Charter Member of the International Stillbirth Alliance Women and Family Life Center Baby Kick Alliance is a Hygeia Affinity Organization Dr. Berman on Board of Directors of First Candle

 

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Hygeiaź, symbolic of the Greek mythological goddess of health and healing for which it is named, is an international community of
compassion, empathy and support for families who have endured the tragedy of miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal / infant loss.
The Hygeia Foundation, Inc. is a IRS approved 501c-3 non-profit organization.

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