Resources
Support for the Pregnancy & Infant Loss Community
Where To Even Start?
First, please know that we are so incredibly sorry for your loss. Whether you are here searching for yourself or for a loved one, we know the feelings of confusion, heartbreak, and anger all too well after experiencing the loss of a baby. We hope that by compiling this list of resources, it helps to take one thing off your plate so you can focus on caring for yourself as you grieve.
The books, podcasts, websites, and other resources listed below have been recommended by bereaved families who have all experienced pregnancy and infant loss. These families wished someone could have pointed them in some sort of direction as they began to navigate their lives after loss.
Keep in mind that grief is unique - what works for one person to cope may not be the same for someone else. We know this can all be very overwhelming, so please remember that you are NOT alone as you begin your grief journey. Please reach out if you have questions or are seeking additional resources.
Apps
Calm App featuring guest instructor Dr. Joanne Cacciatore - Meditation Series: Grieving
Books For Adults
Unimaginable by Brooke D. Taylor
Bearing the Unbearable by Dr. Joanne Cacciatore
It’s OK That You’re Not OK by Megan Devin
You Are the Mother of All Mothers by Angela Miller
An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
Saying Goodbye by Zoe Clark-Coates
The Miscarriage Map by Dr. Sunita Osborn
Healing Your Grieving Heart series by Dr. Alan Wolfelt
View more book recommendations here
“And I was at a grocery store, and I remember looking around, feeling like nobody could see me. And I was just screaming inside. And really, I just wanted to talk about her. I wanted to have permission to speak about her because I felt like I wasn't allowed to. I was supposed to sweep that under the rug like it never happened.”
Katie Talman, Everly’s mother
Health and Postpartum Self-Care after Pregnancy or Infant Loss
Lactation After Loss Support and Resources from La Leche League
Loved Momma Fitness: Recovery After Loss created by a stillbirth mother (Instagram account: @loved_momma_fitness)
Yoga for After Miscarriage: 15 Minute Gentle Asana Practice (YouTube)
Two Peas Wellness: Returning To Fitness After Pregnancy Loss (exercise program designed by a bereaved loss twin mother)
Resilient Mama Fitness: Gabriel’s Guide (Resources on return to fitness and physical, emotional and self-care recovery after pregnancy loss designed by a bereaved mother)
Returning to Work After Pregnancy or Infant Loss
The Hidden Impact of Pregnancy Loss at Work (article and podcast from Bereave and Faith’s Lodge)
Grief at Work: A Guide to Requesting and Utilizing Bereavement Leave (article from Bereave)
Pregnancy Loss Support Services for Returning to Work (provided by Start Healing Together)
Going Back to Work After a Loss (article including 10 tips from Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support)
Resources for Bereaved Fathers After Pregnancy or Infant Loss
Podcast: Guys and Grief (Instagram: @guys_and_grief)
Podcast: Dad Still Standing (Instagram: dadstillstanding)
Blog: Sad Dads Club (Instagram: sad.dads.club)
Website: Grieving Dads
Book: From Father to Father: Letters from Loss Dad to Loss Dad by Emily R Long
Book: Men and Miscarriage by Aaron & MJ Gouveia
Website: Love Comma Dad
Remembrance Keepsakes:
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep - Remembrance photography for families (during hospital stays)
The Comfort Cub - Providing therapeutic teddy bears to those who have experienced child loss or trauma
A Beautiful Remembrance - Remembrance gifts (art prints, ornaments)
The Midnight Orange - Remembrance sculptures
Rightly Royce - Remembrance jewelry
My Millie Jewelry - Jewelry including pendants with personalized hand or footprints
Laurel Box - Remembrance and sympathy gifts
The Noble Paperie - Greeting cards, paper products and remembrance gifts
Little Teardrop Co - Remembrance clothing, stickers, gifts and more
Halo and Harbor - Loss mom honoring angels and creating sympathy gifts
Donating Wedding Or Formal Gowns
Angel Gowns by Angel Babies MA (Massachusetts)
The Angel Gowns Project (accepts gowns nation-wide)
Nationwide Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Groups
Postpartum Support International - Loss and Grief Support
Star Legacy Foundation - Offering Support Groups, Phone Support and Peer Companions
Rachel’s Gift - Offering virtual support groups
Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support - Offering virtual support groups
TFMR Mamas - offering support for those who have experienced a terminated for medical reasons loss
Bereavement Support Retreats
The Selah Carefarm (Sedona, AZ)
Faith's Lodge (Danbury, WI)
Luella's Lodge (Oakwood, IL)
Hayden's House of Healing (Columbia, NJ)
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Pregnancy After Loss Support - an organization offering an app tracker for parents pregnant after loss, a digital magazine, virtual support groups, resources, and more
Pregnancy After Loss (PAL) Guide from Push to Empowered Pregnancy
Book: Pregnancy After Loss - a day by day plan by Zoe Clark-Coates
Postpartum Support International - virtual support groups
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Book Series: The ABCS of Grief
“You are the most beautiful memory I keep locked inside my heart.”
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Organizations:
Aaliyah in Action - offering bereavement support, self-care packages, resources, and more
Adalyn Rose Foundation - provides comprehensive and continuous support to bereaved families
American SIDS Institute - a healthcare organization dedicated to the prevention of sudden infant death
Charlie's Guys - providing gifts to bereaved siblings who have experienced sibling or parent death
Count the Kicks - an evidence-based stillbirth prevention campaign
First Candle - support for grieving families who have suffered a SIDS loss
The Fletcher Foundation - providing financial assistance to those enduring financial burdens due to the loss of a child
Hand to Hold - offers support groups, peer companions, counseling, and a podcast focusing on life after loss in the NICU.
Hayden's Helping Hands - assisting families with medical expenses after a stillbirth
Kaden's Cause - assisting families who have experienced SUDC (Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood)
LGBT Baby Loss - blog sharing stories from LGBTQ loss families
LGBTQ+ Reproductive Loss - for LGBTQ+ families who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, failed adoption, infertility
Love, Jessica - assisting families with medical expenses after a pregnancy loss or stillbirth
March of Dimes - miscarriage, loss and grief resources and support
Measure The Placenta - education and seeking answers after stillbirth
The Miscarriage Foundation - offering support, raising awareness, and promoting good practice in medical care
MISS Foundation - provides C.A.R.E.S. (Counseling, Advocacy, Research, Education, and Support) services to bereaved families
NechamaComfort - supporting Jewish families who have suffered pregnancy and infant loss
Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep - providing the the gift of remembrance portraits to parents experiencing the death of a baby
Pockets of Light - offering support groups and events for bereaved families and trainings for healthcare professionals
Postpartum Support International - online support groups and resources specializing in many areas of pregnancy loss, infant loss, postpartum grief, as well as support for pregnancy after loss, parenting siblings, postpartum depression, etc.
Pregnancy After Loss Support - supporting families pregnant again after a loss through connection with peers, awareness in the community, education of providers, and advocacy around the world
Project Sweet Peas - assisting NICU families and those who have experienced pregnancy and infant loss
Push for Empowered Pregnancy - campaign to end preventable stillbirths
Red Nose Grief and Loss (Sands) - (AUSTRALIA) bereavement support for anyone affected by baby or child loss
Reflections Grief and Wellness Care - dedicated to providing bereavement support, education and companionship
Reproductive and Placental Research Unit at Yale School of Medicine
Return to Zero: HOPE - providing support, resources, and community
SAILS - community building, education, mentorship and support groups
Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support - a national organization with over 75 chapters in 29 states
The Skye High Foundation - helping families with the loss of a baby who was part of a multiple birth
Star Legacy Foundation - stillbirth awareness and advocacy
Start Healing Together - advocating for rights in the workplace when experiencing pregnancy loss, infertility, or adoption loss
Still Birth Day - find certified Birth & Bereavement Doulas for bereavement support
Still Mothers - living childless after loss
TFMR Mamas - supporting those who have to make the heartbreaking decision to terminate for medical reasons
Tommy’s - researching the causes and prevention of pregnancy complications, miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth
Massachusetts, USA Resources for Pregnancy & Infant Loss:
All Paths Family Building: Infertility support, education and advocacy
Empty Arms Bereavement Support: Pregnancy and infant loss support located in Western MA
JD's Angel Wings: Support for bereaved families after experiencing a third trimester pregnancy loss
Propa City Community Outreach: Provides education, advocacy, public awareness and support services to families in the community experiencing all types of loss
Rindy's Hope: Emotional support and remembrance events in Woburn, MA
Robert's Program (Boston Children's Hospital): A clinical program focusing on Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics (SUDP) - which encompasses Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Sudden Unexpected Death in Childhood (SUDC)
The EMA Project: An organization that leads the fight for the health and support of all babies and families impacted by grief, neonatal loss, and/or pregnancy loss
The Massachusetts Center for Unexpected Infant and Child Death (Boston Medical Center)
The Patrick Palin Foundation: Supporting NICU families and those who have experienced pregnancy and infant loss
Grief Support Organizations in Massachusetts:
Hope Lives Here (Holden)
Jeff's Place (Framingham)
Hope Floats Healing & Wellness Center (Kingston)
The Children's Room (Arlington)
The Carriage House (Worcester)
The Garden at Cooley Dickinson Hospital (Northampton)
Rick's Place (Wilbraham)
HEARTplay (Newton)
Wildflower for Kids (Lexington)
Additional Resources in Massachusetts:
“How very softly you tiptoed into our world, almost silently, only a moment you stayed. But what an imprint your footsteps have left upon our hearts.”
- Dorothy Ferguson