The Partner's Protocol: Supporting Your Wife Through Miscarriage

The parts nobody else hands you.

You're reading this because someone you love is going through a miscarriage, and you don't know exactly what to do. Most guidance is written for the person who physically experienced it, which is right and necessary, but it leaves partners with almost nothing concrete to hold onto. This protocol is written for you specifically: what to actually say, what to do with your hands when you don't know what to do, how to manage the house, and how to let yourself grieve too.

What's included:

• The 4-Part Partner Protocol: Stabilize, Support, Sustain, Grieve
• A First 72 Hours physical recovery checklist and a Daily Support Checklist for the first week
• Word-for-word scripts for what to say, and what to avoid, even when well-intentioned
• A Household and Communication Action Plan, including a family notification message draft
• Emotional processing prompts for your own grief, and where to find support

Format: PDF protocol, 11 pages.

This is not a medical guide and does not replace her OB-GYN or midwife. Postpartum Support International's helpline, 1-800-944-4773, supports both parents through pregnancy and infant loss and is a legitimate first call if grief feels unmanageable for either of you.