Now accepting founding providers

MATERRA CARE

Support for the motherhood no one prepares you for.

Materra Care is a trauma-informed pregnancy and infant loss support platform built to connect families with compassionate, specialized care.

Through a trusted network of doulas, therapists, photographers, lactation specialists, funeral homes, keepsake artists, and bereavement professionals, we're helping ensure no family has to navigate loss alone.

Founding providers lock in $12/month for life.

Trauma-informedVetted credentialsLoss-specific trainingPre-launch · Founding providers

What guides us

A quieter kind of care, by design.

Every detail of Materra Care — from the language we use to the providers we accept — is shaped by what bereaved families have told us they wished existed. Soft where it should be soft. Rigorous where it has to be.

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Held with reverence

Babies named. Stories honored. Profiles written in language that doesn't flinch from loss.

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Vetted with rigor

Every provider's training, credentials and lived practice in perinatal grief is reviewed by hand.

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Designed for the long arc

Care that follows families through anniversaries, subsequent pregnancies, and the years that follow.

The specialties we serve

A home for every kind of loss-informed practice.

If your work meets families in pregnancy loss, stillbirth, TFMR, neonatal loss, NICU grief, or pregnancy after loss — there's a place for you here.

Pregnancy Loss Doulas

Held labor & loss support

Bereavement Doulas

Compassionate companioning

Loss-Informed Therapists

Perinatal grief & trauma

Grief Coaches

1:1 support & integration

Pregnancy After Loss

PAL specialists & doulas

Maternal Mental Health

PMADs & grief after loss

Remembrance Photographers

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Lactation After Loss

IBCLCs for grief & supply

Perinatal Hospice

Continuing pregnancy with care

TFMR Informed

Compassion through impossible choices

Funeral Homes (Infant)

Experienced in infant funerals

Memorial Jewelry & Keepsakes

Carrying baby's memory

Why list with Materra Care

A trusted home for loss-informed practice.

Materra Care isn't a general directory bolted onto loss. It's a calm, trauma-informed presence platform built around the way this work actually happens — with the trust signals, templates, and inquiry tools families and providers can rely on.

Loss-informed, not loss-adjacent

Every provider is vetted for training, language, and the way they hold grief — not just general maternal care.

A polished professional profile

Headshot, credentials, specialties, FAQ, gallery and a Provider Philosophy Card — written in language that doesn't flinch from loss.

Downloadable templates for professionals

Intake forms, condolence letters, anniversary outreach, referral scripts and consent forms — written for loss-informed practice.

Trust-building badges

Verification, PAL-informed, TFMR-informed and trauma-informed badges that families can actually rely on.

Inquiry & appointment requests

Families reach you through a calm, structured form — no public DMs, no noisy notifications.

Founding pricing for life

Lock in $12/month forever as one of our first 100 founding providers.

How to join

A simple, intentional onboarding.

  1. 01

    Apply

    Tell us about your loss-informed training and the bereaved families you serve.

  2. 02

    Verify

    We confirm credentials, training and references — trust begins before the first inquiry.

  3. 03

    Build your profile

    Add your bio, specialties, photos, services, FAQ and availability.

  4. 04

    Launch with us

    Founding providers go live the day we open the directory to families.

If you're a bereaved family

The directory you wish had existed.

We're not open to families just yet — we're carefully vetting our founding providers so that when you arrive, every person you find is genuinely loss-informed. In the meantime, learn what we're building and how to know when we go live.

A note from us

“We're building Materra Care so that no bereaved family ever has to search for support that truly understands — and so that the providers who do this sacred work feel held, too.”

— The Materra Care team

Questions, gently answered

Who can list with Materra Care?+

Loss-informed doulas, therapists, coaches, lactation specialists, midwives, photographers, funeral professionals, keepsake artists, nonprofits and retreats. We verify credentials and loss-specific training before publishing any profile.

What does 'loss-informed' actually mean?+

Specific training, certifications and/or substantial clinical experience in perinatal grief — plus language and practice that holds loss without minimizing it.

Is there really lifetime founding pricing?+

Yes. Join as a founding provider and lock in lifetime pricing — Founding Professional ($12–15/mo for life) or Founding Verified Specialist ($29/mo for life), with a Founding Provider badge on your profile.

When will families be able to find me?+

Founding providers go live the day we open the directory. We'll keep you in the loop on launch dates and help you build out your profile beforehand.

Do you support Still Loved Certified Coaches?+

Yes — Still Loved Certified Coaches receive a free Professional listing plus resource uploads, basic analytics, inquiry management and a mobile dashboard.

Is this emergency or medical care?+

No. Materra Care is a directory. If you are in crisis in the US, please call or text 988 or dial 911.

MATERRA CARE

Be one of our founding providers.

Help us build the loss-informed network bereaved families deserve — and lock in lifetime founding pricing while we're still pre-launch.