Pregnancy & Infant Loss Training, Education & Continuity of Care
Prepared before loss. Present after it.
We train perinatal professionals to know exactly what to say and do when a baby dies, and we build the ecosystem of tools, community, wellness and continuity of care that carries families and providers through the year that follows.
The Problem
Perinatal loss isn't rare. It's inevitable in this field.
Most doulas, nurses, therapists, and perinatal professionals spend years learning to support healthy pregnancies and births. Almost none of them are ever taught what to do when the outcome is loss.
So when it happens, and it will, they're left standing in one of the hardest moments of their career with no script, no framework, and a quiet fear that whatever they say next will live in that family's memory forever.
That's not a compassion problem. It's a training gap. And it's one this industry has left unaddressed for far too long.
What makes us different
At Evelyn James & Company, we train professionals to:
Provide confident, compassionate bereavement care
Reduce harm caused by unintentional language
Support complex grief cases including TFMR and military families
Advocate effectively within medical systems
Build resilient, sustainable careers in loss work
We don’t offer surface-level.
We build specialists. We build community and wellbeing practices for our caregivers.
When a baby dies, the world stops for that family. The care they receive next can either harm them or begin to heal them.My daughter Evelyn died right before I went into labor…
Once in triage, I was met with the deepest loss. My husband was deployed. I felt alone. And yet, the care I received from my doula Kendra, my nurse Michelle, my midwife Gretchen, saved my life.
It showed me what’s possible when grief is met with presence, compassion, and true support. Those special moments when I felt and witnessed true care, shaped everything. I became a Bereavement and Postpartum Doula, then created the training I couldn’t find that suited my needs, one that blends lived experience, trauma-informed care, and evidence-based practices. Because when a baby dies, a family is forever changed.
The care they receive in those fragile moments impacts their mental health, healing, relationships, and future. That care matters.
Download Your Companion Guide
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Moms & Birthing People
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Dads & Partners
For Professionals
( Doulas, Nurses, OBs, Nannies, NCS, Therapists, Hospitals, Community Workers, all Perinatal professionals who support birthing and postpartum families.)
Meet our incredible Evelyn James Team
Vallen Webb
Founder, Trainer, Consultant, Postpartum & Bereavement Doula, Podcaster.
Most importantly Kalliana, Violet, Evelyn, Emmett & Bohdi’s Mom.
vallen@evelynjamesandco.com
Leila Walker
Education Director
Trainer, Full-Spectrum Doula, Bereavement Doula, Teacher
leila@evelynjamesandco.com
Listen up.
Check out our podcast, the Pregnancy Loss and Motherhood Podcast.
The focus is on relatable life and motherhood after losing a baby or child. Learning how to survive in the early stages to thrive later on brings our grief with us on this wild ride.
A Conversation on Pregnancy Loss
With Raising Illinois, Gifts from Liam and Evelyn James and Company.
Raising Illinois partnered with Gifts from Liam and Evelyn James Co for a discussion on pregnancy loss. In this frank and meaningful conversation, Anna Calix and Vallen Webb sit down with Raising Illinois Community Engagement Lead Jesse Rojo to discuss their experiences with stillbirth, the stigmas and systemic struggles they faced, and the need for more open conversation about pregnancy loss. We’re so thankful to Anna & Vallen for sharing their stories with us, and we hope this generates more conversation so that we can better support those in our communities experiencing loss.