Dealing with death is dificult, and it is very hard when parents pass on, even though this is what is expected to happen one day. However, when a child passes on, the grief experienced by the parents is undescribable.  Miriam Slozberg interviews Dr. Ivy Margulies, who is a funeral director and a certified death midwife, as known as a bereavement doula on Exploring the Eight House.

In addition to her private practice, Dr. Ivy Margulies has founded Angels Born Still, specifically focused reproductive maternal mental health. She specializes in infertility and all types of of pregnancy loss including selective termination, abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth and infant death.

Dr. Ivy Margulies has over 20 years experience working in family and child settings. She has been associated with UCLA’s Child Study Center, Providence Saint John’s Hospital Child Study Center, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and has been the staff psychologist for the Akasha Center for Integrative Medicine in Santa Monica. She is featured as a grief and parenting expert for KidsInTheHouse.com. Dr. Margulies has presented at many conferences, written many articles on parenting, postpartum depression and maternal bereavement, and has been the featured guest on several radio shows, and on television. She also creates home funerals for stillborn babies.