Ashley Rose Salvitti lost her 29-week infant daughter, Lena, to a stillbirth in 2018.

The Salem resident had to return home from the hospital to an empty nursery. Amid her profound grief, she felt unsupported and unsure of how to move forward.

Her experience inspired her to found Doula Synergy the same year, a nonprofit focused on supporting grieving parents through the unexpected loss of their unborn children.

“My experiences on the parenthood journey, through pregnancy, birth, loss (and) postpartum helped me to see and recognize a need for additional support for families experiencing loss, as well as people who are pregnant again after loss,” she said.

Salvitti is in a support group with parents who have been through similar losses. The group, Pregnancy & Infant Loss Grief Circles

See Full Page