Videos
We are proud to offer a collection of instructional and informational videos created to support health and service providers caring for people affected by pregnancy and infant loss. Grounded by expertise of people who have lived experience of pregnancy and infant loss and informed by the insights of professionals, this video library explores the complexities of pregnancy and infant loss and offers practical resources, including a hand-and-foot mold tutorial and a three-part series for paramedics on providing sensitive, trauma-informed care to families after the unexpected death of a baby.
Across the collection, videos explore best-practice approaches to communication, emotional support, and respectful care in moments of profound loss. Together, these resources are designed to build confidence, deepen understanding, and help providers respond with empathy, dignity, and care—ensuring that people experiencing loss feel seen, heard, and supported.
Helpful/Hurtful: Families Talk About Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Each year in Ontario, approximately 38,000 visits to emergency departments are recorded related to early pregnancy losses and their associated complications. Approximately 1300 babies are stillborn and 600 babies die within their first year of life. That’s one baby, one family, every 5 hours. Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PAIL) Network asked families to share about their experiences receiving services and support from professionals during this time.
In Three Words: Families Talk About Pregnancy After Loss
Using three words, PAIL Network asked families to describe their experience of a pregnancy after a previous loss. The goal of this video is to help health and service providers understand what some people think and feel during a subsequent pregnancy.
Memorial Videos
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network recognizes the vital role health and service providers play in offering commemorative opportunities to families after the death of a baby. Thoughtful memorial options such can provide comfort, validation, and a tangible connection that families often cherish long after their loss.
This section includes two videos designed to support this important work: one explores the profound impact memorial items can have through the voices and experiences of bereaved families, and the other is a practical, step-by-step instructional video on creating hand and foot molds. Together, these resources aim to build confidence, skill, and sensitivity in providing memorial care that honours each baby and supports families in their grief.
The Impact of Memorial Items
Hand and Foot Moulds Instructional Video
Paramedic Videos
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network is proud to share this video series created for paramedics, featuring both the voices of families with lived experience of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) and the perspectives of paramedics themselves. By bringing families and paramedics together, these videos aim to strengthen understanding, honour the babies who died, and support continued learning in bereavement care and the benefits of seeking peer support.
We encourage viewers to care for themselves as they watch, and we thank paramedics across Ontario for their ongoing dedication to improving care for grieving families.
A Call to Compassion
What families want you to know
Caring for yourself: advice from peers
Collaborative Videos
Pregnancy and Infant Loss: What Families Teach Front Line Workers About Caring for Them and Their Babies
Release Date: May 2, 2022
Description: Health and service professionals are likely to encounter families who are experiencing pregnancy and infant loss or who have pregnancy or infant loss in their history. The care professionals provide makes an impact on families, both positive and negative, often long beyond the initial interaction. Using feedback from families based on their own lived experience, in this webinar we will explore the impact of pregnancy and infant loss on families and strategies to support skilled and compassionate bereavement care in your practice and workplace.
Supporting the Silent Voices of Miscarriage and Infant Loss Survivors
Release Date: October 24, 2023
Description: October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. In recognition, this podcast will be a Highlight episode, featuring the charity organization, Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PAIL) Network, part of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre’s DAN Women and Babies Program. We hear from its program manager, Michelle LaFontaine, on the support and advocacy work that the PAIL Network is accomplishing, and hear her lived experiences that drew her to work for the PAIL Network.
Preemie Chats - Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network (PAIL): Awareness Matters
Release Date: October 15, 2021
Description: Michelle La Fontaine will talk about the PAIL Network, the programs offered by the organization, and why awareness is important.
Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support
Release Date: July 17, 2023
Description: Join Michelle, Program Manager, Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PAIL) Network as she speaks about the different peer support programs and resources offered through the PAIL Network.
Pregnancy & Infant Loss Panel
Release Date: July 17, 2023
Description: Join Brandon, PAIL Educator from the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network as he is joined by parents Julie, Jordan and Amy for a panel discussion answering questions about Pregnancy & Infant Loss and the support they received from PAIL Network.
Pregnancy and Infant Loss: How Your Support Can Make a Difference (Webinar)
Release Date: August 12, 2025
Description: The impact of pregnancy and infant loss on families in Ontario is significant and long lasting. This presentation provides information to help health care professionals better understand their role in providing compassionate care and the importance of connecting families with support. Attendees will also learn about the Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PAIL) Network’s family support programs and other educational offerings for professionals.
Dying Matters: Pregnancy & Infant Loss
Release Date: October 16, 2020
Description: Dying Matters is an open forum presented by Hospice Simcoe, designed to encourage individuals in our community to start talking about dying, death & bereavement. This event is open to all community members, free of charge. Our panelists will share information and resources on pregnancy and infant loss including recent research, experiences, and preparing for another pregnancy after a loss.
Supporting Families Through Pregnancy and Infant Loss | A Conversation with Michelle LaFontaine
Release Date: October 2, 2025
Description: In this profoundly moving episode, we sit down with Michelle LaFontaine, Regional Program Manager at the Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PAIL) Network at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Drawing from both her personal journey and professional expertise, Michelle shares powerful insights into how families experience miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant death — and how health care providers can respond with compassion and humanity.
The Club No One Wants to Join Finding Hope in Peer Support After Infant and Pregnancy Loss
Release Date: December 22, 2025
Description: It is a statistic that staggers the mind: 1 in 4 pregnancies end in loss. Yet, it remains one of the most stigmatized and silenced conversations in our culture. In this powerful episode, Robyn and Charlotte sit down with Michelle LaFontaine from the PAIL (Pregnancy and Infant Loss) Network. Michelle isn’t just an expert on the subject; she is a survivor who turned her own heart-wrenching experience with the loss of her twins 20 years ago into a lifeline for others.
Pregnancy and Infant Loss: What Families Teach Front Line Workers About Caring for Them and Their Babies
Health and service professionals are likely to encounter families who are experiencing pregnancy and infant loss or who have pregnancy or infant loss in their history. The care professionals provide makes an impact on families, both positive and negative, often long beyond the initial interaction. Using feedback from families based on their own lived experience, in this webinar we will explore the impact of pregnancy and infant loss on families and strategies to support skilled and compassionate bereavement care in your practice and workplace. This video is provided with permission of Canadian Virtual Hospice
