Pregnancy Loss, Baby Loss & Fertility Challenges in the Workplace
Supporting organisations to respond with greater awareness, compassion, and confidence around reproductive health, fertility challenges, pregnancy loss, and baby loss.
Pregnancy loss, baby loss, infertility, IVF treatment, and reproductive health challenges affect employees across every sector. Yet many individuals continue to navigate these experiences quietly, often feeling misunderstood, unsupported, or unsure how much they can share within the workplace.
This training provides practical, psychologically informed guidance to help organisations better understand the emotional, practical, and workplace impact of fertility challenges, pregnancy loss, and baby loss. Participants develop greater confidence in supporting colleagues, navigating sensitive conversations, and creating more compassionate and inclusive workplace cultures.
Why This Training Matters
Fertility challenges and pregnancy loss are more common than many people realise, yet they often remain among the least discussed experiences in the workplace.
Employees may be managing fertility investigations, IVF treatment, recurrent miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal loss, or the ongoing impact of reproductive health difficulties whilst continuing to work, lead teams, and meet professional expectations.
The emotional impact can affect confidence, concentration, wellbeing, attendance, relationships, and performance. At the same time, managers and colleagues often report uncertainty about what to say, what support is appropriate, or how best to respond.
Creating workplace cultures where these experiences can be acknowledged compassionately and supported confidently can make a significant difference to employee wellbeing, retention, engagement, and organisational culture.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the training, participants will be able to:
Understand the emotional impact of fertility challenges, pregnancy loss, and baby loss
Recognise how reproductive health experiences can affect workplace wellbeing and performance
Respond to colleagues with greater confidence, compassion, and sensitivity
Navigate difficult conversations more effectively
Understand practical workplace adjustments and support options
Challenge common myths and misconceptions surrounding fertility and loss
Create more inclusive workplace cultures around reproductive health and bereavement
Identify when additional support and signposting may be appropriate
What We'll Explore
Training can be tailored to the needs of your organisation, workforce, and objectives.
Common topics include:
Understanding Pregnancy & Baby Loss
Miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, stillbirth, neonatal loss, and infant loss
Understanding grief following pregnancy and baby loss
The emotional impact on parents and families
Dads, partners, and wider family experiences
Anniversaries, triggers, and ongoing grief
Common myths and misconceptions
Conversations That Matter
What to say (and what not to say)
Building confidence around sensitive conversations
Active listening and emotional support
Avoiding unhelpful assumptions and clichés
Supporting colleagues with empathy and professionalism
Knowing when and how to signpost
Fertility Challenges & IVF
Understanding infertility and fertility treatment
IVF, assisted reproduction, and treatment pathways
Emotional, physical, and financial impacts
Recurrent treatment cycles and uncertainty
Supporting employees attending appointments and treatment
Childlessness and alternative paths to parenthood
Practical Workplace Support
Workplace adjustments and flexible working considerations
Time off, appointments, and compassionate leave
Fertility treatment and workplace obligations
Supporting return to work following loss
Developing psychologically safer workplace cultures
Creating supportive policies and practices
Pregnancy After Loss
The reality of subsequent pregnancies after loss
Anxiety, fear, guilt, and uncertainty
Bonding and attachment challenges
Supporting employees during rainbow pregnancies
Managing workplace conversations sensitively
Ongoing emotional support needs
Inclusive Workplace Cultures
Reducing stigma around fertility and baby loss
Understanding diverse experiences and family structures
LGBTQ+ paths to parenthood
Creating inclusive workplace responses
Supporting colleagues across different cultures and beliefs
Embedding compassion within organisational culture
Who Is This Training For?
This training is suitable for:
Senior Leadership Teams
Managers and Supervisors
HR Professionals
Mental Health First Aiders
Wellbeing Champions
Staff Teams
Public, Private, Charity, Healthcare, and Education Organisations
No previous knowledge or experience is required.
Delivery Options
Training can be delivered in a format that suits your organisation, workforce, and objectives.
Options include:
In-person training at your workplace
Online workshops and webinars
Hybrid delivery
Lunch-and-learn sessions
Conference presentations and keynote talks
Leadership development programmes
Mental Health First Aider development sessions
Multi-site organisational roadshows
Bespoke organisational workshops
I work with organisations across Liverpool, the UK, and internationally. Training can be delivered in person, online, or through a hybrid format depending on your needs.
Whilst face-to-face delivery often creates greater engagement and discussion, particularly around sensitive topics such as pregnancy loss, baby loss & fertility challenges, online delivery can offer flexibility for larger organisations, national workforces, and international teams.
For organisations operating across multiple locations, training can also be delivered as part of a workplace roadshow programme.
Please note that all training is delivered in English. Travel outside Liverpool may incur additional travel and accommodation costs, which will be discussed and agreed in advance.
Tailored to Your Organisation
Every workplace is different.
Training can be tailored to reflect your sector, workforce, existing policies, organisational objectives, and employee wellbeing priorities.
Where appropriate, sessions can also be aligned with wellbeing strategies, leadership programmes, Mental Health First Aider networks, fertility policies, pregnancy loss guidance, and wider employee support pathways.
Additional consultancy support is available for organisations developing fertility, reproductive health, pregnancy loss, and baby loss policies, workplace guidance, communication plans, and employee support pathways.
Policy, Guidance & Communication Support
Training is often just one part of creating a more compassionate, inclusive, and informed workplace culture.
Alongside training delivery, consultancy support is available for organisations developing fertility, reproductive health, pregnancy loss, and baby loss policies, workplace guidance, communication plans, and employee support pathways.
Where appropriate, support can also include the development of accompanying communication materials and training resources to help embed learning, increase awareness, and signpost employees to available support.
Examples include:
Fertility, pregnancy loss, and baby loss guidance documents
Manager support resources and toolkits
Participant workbooks and training handouts
Reflection and action-planning resources
Intranet content
Awareness posters
Employee information leaflets
Business cards and signposting materials
E-shots and internal communication campaigns
Materials can be tailored to reflect your organisation's branding, existing policies, and support pathways. Additional consultancy and design costs may apply.
Delivered By Kate Auguste
Kate Auguste is an Integrative Psychotherapist (MBACP), workplace wellbeing trainer, and Trustee of Liverpool Bereavement Service.
Drawing on a background spanning psychotherapy, leadership, and over two decades within creative and corporate environments, Kate brings both psychological expertise and practical workplace understanding to every training programme.
Alongside her clinical work supporting individuals affected by grief, loss, trauma, life transitions, and reproductive challenges, Kate has undertaken specialist training through the Foundation for Infant Loss (FIL), including:
Practitioner Training in Pregnancy & Infant Loss
Infertility Specialist Training
Rainbow Baby Specialist Training
Train the Trainer: Deliver Baby Loss & Infertility Awareness Training Sessions to Employers
Through this specialist programme, Kate is recognised as a:
Pregnancy & Infant Loss Specialist
Rainbow Baby Specialist
Infertility Specialist
This training has included specialist education in:
Pregnancy loss, miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal and infant loss
Infertility, fertility treatment, IVF, and assisted reproduction
Rainbow pregnancies and supporting subsequent pregnancies after loss
The emotional, physical, relational, and financial impact of fertility challenges
Supporting fathers, partners, grandparents, children, and wider families
Childlessness, reproductive grief, and alternative paths to parenthood
LGBTQ+ pathways to parenthood and inclusive workplace support
Cultural, faith, and religious perspectives relating to pregnancy and baby loss
Legal and workplace considerations, employer responsibilities, and workplace adjustments
Return-to-work planning, workplace support pathways, and compassionate leadership
Policy development, awareness campaigns, and organisational communication around fertility and loss
Based in Liverpool, Kate provides workplace training for organisations across Merseyside, the UK, and internationally.
She has delivered wellbeing, bereavement, and workplace training, workshops, and consultancy for organisations including Merseyrail, Regenda Group, Leonardo Hotels, NHS Talking Therapies, and Liverpool Bereavement Service.
Her approach combines evidence-informed psychological insight with practical workplace application, helping leaders, managers, and teams respond to fertility challenges, pregnancy loss, baby loss, and reproductive health experiences with greater confidence, compassion, and clarity.
Depending on the scope, size, and objectives of the programme, training may also be delivered alongside trusted associates and specialist collaborators, allowing organisations to access a broader range of expertise and perspectives where appropriate.
Enquire About Pregnancy Loss, Baby Loss & Fertility Training
Whether you're looking to improve manager confidence, develop workplace guidance, strengthen support for employees experiencing fertility challenges, or create a more compassionate and informed workplace culture, training can be tailored to the needs of your organisation.
To discuss your organisation's requirements, request a bespoke proposal, or explore training and consultancy options, please get in touch.
Frequently Asked Questions
Every organisation is different, so training can be tailored to your people, culture, and objectives. Below are some of the questions I’m most commonly asked. If you’d like to discuss your organisation’s needs in more detail, please feel free to get in touch.
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Yes. Training can include miscarriage, recurrent miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, neonatal loss, infant loss, fertility challenges, and pregnancy after loss.
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Yes. Training includes understanding infertility, assisted reproduction, IVF treatment, workplace considerations, and how organisations can support employees compassionately and practically.
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Training can be tailored to your organisation's needs and may include fertility challenges, IVF and assisted reproduction, pregnancy loss, baby loss, rainbow pregnancies, workplace adjustments, employer responsibilities, compassionate conversations, return-to-work support, and creating inclusive workplace cultures.
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Yes. The training is particularly valuable for managers, HR professionals, Mental Health First Aiders, wellbeing champions, and team leaders who may be supporting employees experiencing fertility challenges, pregnancy loss, or baby loss.
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Yes. Consultancy support is available for organisations developing fertility guidance, pregnancy loss policies, manager resources, workplace support pathways, and communication materials.
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Yes. The training works particularly well as part of Mental Health First Aider development programmes, helping MHFAs build confidence around fertility challenges, pregnancy loss, baby loss, and compassionate workplace support.
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Training can be delivered as a short awareness session, half-day workshop, full-day programme, or as part of a wider wellbeing or leadership development initiative. Content and duration can be tailored to your organisation's requirements.
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Absolutely. Content can be adapted to suit your organisation's sector, workforce, policies, objectives, and existing wellbeing initiatives.
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Yes. Training can be delivered in person at your workplace, online, through a hybrid format, or at a venue of your choosing.
I work with organisations across Liverpool, the UK, and internationally, delivering training for workplaces, conferences, wellbeing events, leadership programmes, and Mental Health First Aider networks.
For organisations operating across multiple locations, training can also be delivered as part of a workplace roadshow programme. All training is delivered in English.
Any travel, accommodation, or venue-related costs will be discussed and agreed in advance where applicable.
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As every organisation is different, training and consultancy are quoted on a bespoke basis. Fees depend on factors such as session length, group size, location, and any tailoring required.
If you'd like to explore options, please get in touch to arrange an initial conversation. I’ll then provide a tailored proposal and quotation based on your organisation’s needs.
Payment is made by invoice, with details provided upon booking.
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Cancellation terms vary depending on the scope and scale of the booking. Full details will be provided within your proposal and training agreement prior to confirmation.
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