Following a perinatal or infant loss, families receive an ongoing flow of medical bills from their insurance company that they are expected to understand and pay, while also managing their grief. We are here to consolidate this portion of the post-child loss journey: tracking and organizing medical bills, and advocating to their insurance companies and the affiliated hospital systems to have bills absolved where possible. By doing this, we relieve a portion of the financial and mental strain that these bills can trigger for a family, while ensuring that every avenue of assistance is exhausted. Families are able to focus on their healing instead of spending their time sorting through the constant stream of paperwork and phone calls to understand what they are liable for. We know first hand the emotional trigger that is receiving these bills after the loss of your child, and we are committed to making this one aspect of your grief manageable.
Aubrey’s Advocate, Inc is committed to destigmatizing perinatal loss through:
- Financial Support for the Labor and Delivery Bills relating to a Stillbirth (20+ weeks gestation)
- Provider and Survivor Perinatal Loss Bereavement Education
- Community and Peer Support for Stillbirth Families
Our Mission
To support families in the aftermath of a perinatal or infant loss by advocating for their basic needs in a time of immeasurable grief, while simultaneously destigmatizing the topic of perinatal and infant loss through provider education and peer support.
Who We Are
Aubrey’s Advocate, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization that manages medical bills and administrative tasks relating to a perinatal loss. We will thoroughly review your claims, working with your insurance company and employer to exhaust all avenues for financial liability from the parents.
Board of Directors
- Justin Shapiro
- Lindsay Forliano
- Colleen Rodriguez
- Alison Jacobs
- Christine Wahl
Honoring my daughter’s legacy
Hi, I am Julie. Mama to my angel, Aubrey Rae, who was born still on 9/29/2020 at 39 weeks. After a completely healthy pregnancy, my world was turned upside down when I was told that my daughter no longer had a heart beat because her umbilical cord had gotten wrapped around her neck while she was moving into the birth canal.
The hours, days, and months since changed me in a way that words cannot explain. I realized the need to advocate for myself, my daughter, and my family for everything we needed- time off of work, attention from providers, questions relating to what it was that the insurance company was telling me that we needed to pay for. I was no longer going to let the world tell me what I was entitled to as I was learning my way through grief. I was going to make sure that I had full control over whatever it was that I needed.