EMPTY ARMS
When your baby is no longer here, but the love remains
Some parts of pregnancy and baby loss are difficult to explain. One of them is the physical and emotional feeling of having empty arms — the instinct to hold, protect and care for a baby who is no longer physically present.
This stand-alone guide explores that experience without asking anyone to move on, find closure or make their loss smaller.
Inside the full PDF, we look at the physical feeling of absence, the body after loss, yearning, numbness, guilt, anger, fear and the everyday triggers that can suddenly bring grief back into the room.
There is a dedicated section on continuing bonds and ways of remembering your baby, alongside support for making room for ordinary life again without feeling that you are leaving your baby behind.
The guide also explores partners who grieve differently, supporting siblings, what family and friends can do, words that may help, and a full reflective page for the things that can be hardest to say aloud.
You will also find UK support organisations, recommended reading, therapeutic guidance and a personal message from Maggie.
This is a resource about love as much as loss — and about finding a way for both remembrance and life to have a place.
Space to Breathe Therapy
