Elevating the expertise and capabilities of healthcare professionals through comprehensive bereavement education.

Download Our Free Nurse + Physician Quick Guide  

Tips, advocacy, considerations and best practice suggestions when serving bereaved families.  

Download WWMU's Free Quick Guide

Created by Loss-Families and Healthcare Professionals

Our goal was simple—offering comprehensive bereavement education tailored to fit the unique and challenging needs of perinatal healthcare professionals. We recognize the profound responsibility medical staff carry in walking with families through loss—and through firsthand experience, we've seen how a well-prepared provider can be a steady light in an otherwise dark and disorienting moment.

While the goal was clear, the journey was not easy. After two years of dedicated work, we're honored to provide the medical community with user-friendly, accessible resources to support every stage of pregnancy and infant loss. Walk With Me University (WWMU) was created to equip and empower healthcare professionals with the knowledge, confidence, and compassion needed to support grieving families with grace and empathy.

WWMU was created for perinatal professionals, including (but not limited to) MFMs, obstetricians, midwives, nurses, sonographers, pediatricians, childbirth educators, doulas, chaplains, and social workers. This curriculum would benefit any healthcare provider who works with pregnant individuals, newborns, and their families.

Educational Resources for Everybody

No matter your level of involvement with a family, we have videos, handouts, and resources available for you.

Sonographer Curriculum

This unique program provides essential guidance for navigating the sensitive and often challenging exams sonographers encounter—especially those involving life-altering or life-limiting diagnoses, or situations where a baby's heartbeat can no longer be detected. WWMU's Sonographer Curriculum offers exclusive access to key resources, including our loss etiquette training videos and powerful parent panel stories. You'll also receive our comprehensive Sonography Toolkit, featuring printable handouts to support patients in their most difficult moments. These resources include guides on nextsteps, birth plan templates, and hospital packing lists—ensuring you have practical tools readily available when delivering life-changing news. These thoughtfully curated materials were designed to help you feel confident and prepared to support families through challenging times, no matter the outcome of their exam.

Nurse Curriculum

This comprehensive program provides a range of resources specifically designed to empower labor and delivery nurses to offer compassionate, exceptional care to families experiencing infant loss. WWMU's Nurse Curriculum includes exclusive access to expert-led infant loss etiquette training, instructional videos, and deeply moving parent panel stories—all created in collaboration with medical professionals, community specialists, and bereaved families. In addition, participants will receive access to a printable workbook and a specialized resource toolkit, thoughtfully designed to help nurses navigate these challenging situations with both confidence and empathy. This program is carefully tailored to ensure you feel fully prepared to support every family—no matter their unique journey. 

Upon completing this course, you will be eligible to receive one continuing education credit. 

Physician Curriculum

This specialized program is meticulously designed to provide physicians with the knowledge and expertise required to deliver compassionate, high-quality care to families experiencing infant loss. WWMU's Physician Curriculum offers exclusive access to expert-led training on infant loss etiquette, instructional videos, and poignant parent panel stories—all developed in collaboration with medical professionals, community specialists, and bereaved families. In addition, participants will receive access to a printable workbook and a specialized resource toolkit, both carefully crafted to support physicians in navigating these challenging situations with professionalism, empathy, and confidence. This program is thoughtfully structured to ensure you are fully prepared to provide meaningful support to each family, regardless of their unique circumstances. 

Upon completion of the course, you will be eligible to receive one continuing education credit. 

Hospital Curriculum

This comprehensive bundle provides unlimited access to all three of WWMU's training curriculums, tailored specifically for physicians, nurses, and sonographers. Each discipline's modules include expert-led training on infant loss etiquette, instructional videos, and heartfelt parent panel stories, developed in collaboration with medical professionals, community specialists, and bereaved families. Additionally, your facility will gain access to all printable workbooks and specialized resource toolkits, designed to help your team approach these challenging situations with confidence and empathy. Upon purchase, you will receive our Hospital Starter Kit—ideal for enhancing your bereavement care services. This course package offers comprehensive training materials covering every aspect of bereavement care, ensuring that all staff members within your facility are well-informed and fully equipped to provide compassionate, professional support. 

Upon completion of the physician or nurse course, participants are eligible to receive one continuing education credit.

Check out a FREE glimpse into WWMU with our loss-etiquette training video, featuring the basics of how to care for a newly bereaved family. This video offers an intimate look into the sensitive approach healthcare professionals must take to provide comprehensive care throughout a family's loss journey.

 

Families & Healthcare Professionals Together

Walk With Me Non-Profit collaborated with loss-familles, sonographers, nurses, physicians, and hospitals to create the curriculum and resources WWM University provides.

Jamie Stewart

WWM Executive Director &
Co-Founder

Kelley Kuhn

WWM Chief Operations Officer &
Co-Founder

Terry Harper, MD

Division Chief, Maternal Fetal Medicine

Aubrey Becker,
RN, CPLC

WWM Bereavement/
Hospital Coordinator

Lynn Emrick, RDMS (AB) (OB/GYN), RVT

Sonographer

Meet the founders of Walk With Me and hear the heart behind WWM University’s distinctive hospital curriculum. 

 

Printable Handouts Covering A Variety of Difficult Conversations

Our Parent Share and What's Next handouts are designed to print and give directly to patients, offering gentle guidance through difficult conversations and decisions during the labor and delivery or induction process. These resources are also helpful for families who know (in advance) that their baby is expected to pass. Topics include: What's Next: My Baby Will Be Born Still, What's Next: My Baby Has a Life-Limiting Diagnosis, hospital packing lists, stillborn and life-limiting diagnosis birth plans, baby's appearance, lactation after loss, siblings meeting baby, understanding a hospital autopsy, cremation versus burial, keepsakes, and photographs. Each guide is thoughtfully written to help families feel informed, supported, and less alone in an otherwise overwhelming moment.

WWMU Hospital Starter Kit

The WWMU Starter Kit includes everything your team needs to quickly streamline and organize your bereavement care program. The kit comes complete with a comprehensive loss protocol resource binder (including all WWMU materials), laminated Parent Share documents on a key ring for easy use, a reusable family care checklist poster, a framed sign with the message “If this candle is lit, someone is saying goodbye” (plus a flameless candle), and reusable loss signs for patient room doors.

Take advantage of this thoughtful, ready-to-use resource to enhance your work environment and provide the highest level of care to the infant loss families your unit serves.

"In order to empathize with someone’s experience, you must be willing to believe them as they see it and not how you imagine their experience to be."

Brené Brown

Enroll Now

Sonographer

$40

Introductory Rate!

Sonographer Infant Loss Etiquette Training Videos

Printable Workbook

Sonographer Quick-Guide

Resource Toolkit (printable training handouts, patient resources)

Infant Loss Parent Panel Video

Coming in 2026: Self-Care videos & handouts

Get Started!

Nurse

$50

Introductory Rate!

Nurse Infant Loss Etiquette Training Videos

Printable Workbook

Nurse Quick-Guide

Resource Toolkit (printable training handouts, patient resources)

Tips, Tricks & Troubleshooting Video Library

Infant Loss Parent Panel Videos

1 CE Credit

Coming in 2026: Self-Care videos & handouts

Get Started!

Physician

$75

Introductory Rate!

Physician Infant Loss Etiquette Training Videos

Printable Workbook

Physician Quick-Guide

Resource Toolkit (printable training handouts, patient resources)

Tips, Tricks & Troubleshooting Video Library

Infant Loss Parent Panel Videos

1 CME Credit

Coming in 2026: Self-Care videos & handouts

Get Started!

Hospital Bundle

Looking for a curriculum package for your entire hospital or medical facility? Our WWMU Hospital Bundle includes our WWMU Hospital Toolkit plus 365 days of unlimited access to all three disciplines for as many medical professionals as needed.

Get Started!

The Heart Behind Our Mission

Visit our website to familiarize yourself with Walk With Me’s story and understand why the infant loss community is so dear to our hearts. You will also be able to access additional resource materials for loss-parents and the friends and families who are supporting them on their grief journey. 

*If you are serving a Colorado-based loss family, feel free to review our service parameters to see if WWM can offer them additional support. 

Discover Walk With Me Non-Profit

Want to Contribute to the Cause?

We exist solely because of the incredible love and support of our community. If you have a heart for our mission and would like to donate to our cause, please follow this link. Walk With Me is a registered 501c3, and all donations are tax-exempt.

Donate Today

Questions? Our door is always open! Email us at [email protected].