Parents Orphelins
Quebec's Association of Parents going through Infant Loss and Grief
Parents across Quebec are grieving after the death of their baby. If you are in this situation, do not be left alone.
What is Infant Loss and its Grief?
Le décès périnatal renvoie à la mort d’un bébé qui survient au cours de la grossesse, lors de l’accouchement ou dans sa première année de vie. Le deuil périnatal fait, quant à lui, référence au deuil vécu par ces parents lors du décès de leur bébé.
Parents Orphelins a choisi de représenter l’ensemble des parents qui vivent un deuil périnatal, sans égard à la période où leur bébé est décédé. En l’occurrence, nous considérons que toute personne ayant vécu une grossesse qui s’est soldée par le décès d’un bébé avant l’âge d’un an peut en effet sentir qu’elle vit un deuil périnatal.
Autrement dit, nous croyons que la peine ne se mesure pas au nombre de semaines de grossesse ou de vécu du bébé, mais à la grandeur du rêve que les parents portaient en eux et aussi au sentiment que ces gens avaient d’être déjà des parents.
The pregnancy or infant loss refers to the death of a baby that occurs during the course of the pregnancy, in baby birth or during the first year of life. The pregnancy or infant grief makes reference to the mourning lived by these parents at the time of passing of their baby.
Parents Orphelins has chosen to represent all parents who experience a pregnancy or infant loss, regardless of the period when their baby died. In this instance, Parents Orphelins believes that anyone who has lived a pregnancy which resulted in the loss of a baby, before the age of one, can indeed experience pregnancy or infant grief.
In other words, we believe that the sorrow is not measured by the number of weeks of pregnancy or the weeks of life of the baby but by the magnitude of the dream that the parents carried in them and also by the intensity of the feeling of already being parents.
Please, do not hesitate to contact us for more information. You can also download our awareness information guide (only available in French).
Our Mission
Parents Orphelins has chosen to represent all parents who experience a pregnancy and infant loss, regardless of the period when their baby died.
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10 $ pour nos 10 ans
Il y a 10 ans, 4 mamans se mobilisaient pour mettre sur pied un OSBL par et pour les parents vivant le deuil de leur bébé. De cette amitié et du désir d’offrir aux parents endeuillés ce qui leur avait tant manqué, est née Parents Orphelins, l’Association québécoise des parents vivant un deuil périnatal. En
Parents Orphelins’ 5th Annual Candle Walk
For the past 10 years, the quebec association Parents Orphelins has been able to help parents who have suffered a loss of baby during pregnancy or soon after. During these past years, we have been dedicated to our mission of offering support for families during this difficult period. Mainly, to limit feelings of isolation that
A new blast from the past
On Sunday May 26th, during our annual general assembly for “Parent Orphelin”, a new board of administrators was elected. These seven new members are motivated and devoted to the organization of activities related to raising awareness and providing support for the cause. Three of these members were the original founders of the organization: Julie Buisson,
Why support Parents Orphelins?
Every day in Québec, parents loose a baby during pregnancy or shortly after birth. It is estimated that nearly 23,000 Québec families are affected by the death of a baby every year. Parents Orphelins, the Québec Association of parents grieving from pregnancy and infant loss, is a nonprofit organization founded in 2008 recognized as a charitable organization with the primary mission of offering services “by and for” parents who experience a pregnancy and infant grief. Parents Orphelins has the objective to help other parents through this difficult ordeal.
Parents Orphelins has helped us so much through the process and to go over this obligatory passage of our life.
Surrounded by bereaved parents like us, we feel understood. It does us a lot of good.
When our son died, it was the coffee talks that kept me going. Today, I get involved with the Association
Informal exchanges, respectful and comforting with a good coffee and snacks: the opportunity for sharings among parents grieving from pregnancy or infant loss.
10 $ pour nos 10 ans
Il y a 10 ans, 4 mamans se mobilisaient pour mettre sur pied un OSBL par et pour les parents vivant le deuil de leur
Parents Orphelins’ 5th Annual Candle Walk
For the past 10 years, the quebec association Parents Orphelins has been able to help parents who have suffered a loss of baby during pregnancy
Ce qu’il me reste de toi
Mon petit loup, mon Largo, voilà 10 ans que nous nous sommes dit bonjour et au revoir en même temps. Une caresse intra utérine et
The Orphaned Father
If you happen to go to the many support meetings that I have attended, you should eventually notice this strong and mostly silent being next
Le vague à l’âme des pères…
Les témoignages, les cris du cœur, les décharges d’émotions, viennent souvent des mamans. Ce n’est pas une donnée exhaustive ni sexiste, c’est simplement la réalité.
A new blast from the past
On Sunday May 26th, during our annual general assembly for “Parent Orphelin”, a new board of administrators was elected. These seven new members are motivated