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  • Life after lossTestimonials

    “Words to Stay, Words to Flee”: Poetic and Literary Reflections on Perinatal Grief

    by Claudia Ravaldi 06/10/2026
    by Claudia Ravaldi 06/10/2026

    What happens to words when a child dies? Can writing help give shape to grief and share it, or can it become a way to distance oneself from it? Starting …

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    Go in Peace: The Importance of Photography in Supporting Perinatal Grief

    by Claudia Ravaldi 05/10/2026
    by Claudia Ravaldi 05/10/2026

    *Vai sereno* is a photography book by Elisabetta Sanson and Francesco Ranoldi, published in September 2026 by CiaoLapo Edizioni. It tells the story of Liam and his parents through two …

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    Mindfulness and Stress Reduction After Perinatal Bereavement: Practice Sessions

    by Claudia Ravaldi 16/02/2026
    by Claudia Ravaldi 16/02/2026

    In a previous article, we explored what mindfulness is and how it can help after a perinatal loss. In this second post, we’ll focus on how this practice can be …

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    The shape of emptiness: poems to go through grief

    by Claudia Ravaldi 25/01/2026
    by Claudia Ravaldi 25/01/2026

    I interviewed Federica Attanasi, author of “The Shape of Emptiness,” a poetic collection of words and images about perinatal grief. Writing has been my way of breathing inside the void. …

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    Writing your own story to take care of yourself: the testimony of Marta Micozzi

    by Claudia Ravaldi 11/12/2025
    by Claudia Ravaldi 11/12/2025

    Grieving, at first, takes away our words, takes them away, hides them, breaks them, empties them of meaning. For weeks, months, years, bereaved parents know that one of the most …

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    Midwives and perinatal bereavement care: preliminary findings from the Memory Box project

    by Claudia Ravaldi 10/12/2025
    by Claudia Ravaldi 10/12/2025

    We have been involved in training in Italian hospitals since 2007; in 2022, we launched the Memory Box project, which has already involved thousands of hospital health workers, students and …

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    The time I was closest to giving life was also the time I was closest to death

    by Alfredo Vannacci 28/10/2025
    by Alfredo Vannacci 28/10/2025

    In an interview with The Guardian, Florence Welch, lead singer and songwriter of Florence + The Machine, spoke for the first time about the extrauterine pregnancy she experienced in the …

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    Mom and Dad, by the way.

    by Claudia Ravaldi 13/10/2023
    by Claudia Ravaldi 13/10/2023

    “Mom” and “dad”: how beautiful these words, full of love and meaning, among the first words we say as children.

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    The memory box: memories to process perinatal grief

    by Claudia Ravaldi 05/01/2023
    by Claudia Ravaldi 05/01/2023

    Each has a story. His. Each is a story. His. To tell our story, to face adversity, bitterness, challenges and joys, it is necessary to have a web of memories, …

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    The extrauterine pregnancy a testimony

    by Claudia Ravaldi 27/04/2022
    by Claudia Ravaldi 27/04/2022

    I have read so many of your testimonies, in times perhaps not suspicious. I caressed the pain of others, trying not to turn my face in front of what is …

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CiaoLapo is an Italian non-profit association that has worked on perinatal bereavement since 2006. It was founded by Claudia Ravaldi, psychiatrist and psychotherapist, and Alfredo Vannacci, physician and pharmacologist. CiaoLapo offers psychological support and care to families facing the complex and painful experience of the death of a baby during pregnancy or after birth, for any reason and at any gestational age.

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  • “Words to Stay, Words to Flee”: Poetic and Literary Reflections on Perinatal Grief
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