Private Support Group
We maintain an active, private Facebook support group of parents who have ended wanted pregnancies for medical reasons. Here you will find friendship and understanding to help you along on your road to healing. Good parent-to-parent grief support comes straight from the heart, is voluntary and free.
Apply to join by filling out the form below
We’re very sorry that you have a reason to join our EWP Private Support Group. We believe you will find it a safe and supportive place to help you cope with the disenfranchised grief of ending your wanted pregnancy. Our questions may seem somewhat intrusive. Rest assured that we ask all new members these questions in order to verify that they’ve undergone a pregnancy termination due to prenatal or maternal diagnosis. We do not share this information with anyone. Like you, every volunteer admin in our group has ended a wanted pregnancy. We value our privacy and yours.
Once you have access to the private, secret Facebook group we ask that you introduce yourself there. How much information you choose to share in your introduction is up to you. Likewise, you have control over your own Facebook privacy settings. If you don’t feel comfortable joining, introducing yourself, and participating in a large group, this may not be the right support group for you.
If you prefer to send us a direct email rather than fill out this online form, please include all of the information requested here and send it to endingawantedpregnancy[at]gmail.com. Your email will go through the same email path and end up in the inboxes of the same support as group admins who will receive your message through this form. Optionally, you can also email us and request a private discussion via Signal, chat, or phone.
The information you share in this form is only used to determine whether you’re eligible to join the group. We don’t share your information outside our organization. You’re welcome to email us at anytime if you’d like to access or have us delete the information you’ve provided.
Questions? See our FAQs
1. You must introduce yourself in our grief support group.
Introduce yourself when you get access to the private grief support group. Lurkers make people uncomfortable and will be removed from the group. Only active Facebook profiles are approved to join the group.
2. This is a grief support group. Be nice. It’s also private. We hope it’s obvious that this means no sharing what you read here, no screenshots, no exceptions!
We’re all here to get or give support. Please, no comparing losses, diagnoses or termination procedures. Always be considerate; many of our members have had very recent losses. Again, we hope it’s obvious that being considerate of our members’ grief means maintaining their privacy. Never screenshot or share what you see in this group.
3. No images (or links with featured images) in original posts. Put images and links in the comments.
Original posts in our grief support group are text-only. Please place all images (or article links with images) in the comments. A brief description of any images should be in the original post so our members can decide if they want to see the images. For example, an original post might say “I found this article about dealing with breastmilk engorgement after terminating a pregnancy to be very helpful. Image of metal jug in link.” Then the link to the article (with the image) would be placed be in the comment after the original post. Any post in violation of Words First or of any rule listed below will be deleted without explanation.group.
4. No fundraising or sales of any kind.
Period.
5. This group does not provide medical advice. Please do not ask for or offer medical advice here. Posts deemed as medical advice will be removed.
While we understand what a difficult and confusing physical process ending a wanted pregnancy can be, we are an emotional support group first and foremost and are not equipped to discuss the finer medical points of the experience. Please direct medical questions and concerns to qualified professionals.
If you have questions, concerns or suggestions, contact one of our EWP Facebook Private Grief Support Group administrators, use the “Contact Us” form above, or write to endingawantedpregnancy[at]gmail.com
Apply to Join
If after you submit the form, it does not disappear and give a message saying it was successful, check at the top of the form for error messages regarding missing information. If you do not receive an email response in 48 hours, please email us at endingawantedpregnancy (at) gmail.com