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Grief and Loss

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Prenatal Hospice for Terminal Prenatal Diagnosis



Perinatal hospice: A gift of time - If you are here because of a prenatal diagnosis that indicates your baby likely will die before or after birth, we are so sorry.


When a baby is destined to die - Perinatal hospices support families with a terminal prenatal diagnosis



Memorials



Now I lay me down to sleep - Volunteer Infant Bereavement Photography -  an organization of professional photographers, volunteering their time and services to parents experiencing an early infant loss.  There are no fees to the parents for the services NILMDTS provides.

Bay Photographer Documents Terminally Ill Infants - You can read about one photographer's journey with a family expecting a baby with trisomy 13 - Jessica Westfall of Westfall Photography


Online memorials for stillbirth, pregnancy loss, miscarriage and loss of an infant - from labelledame.com


Our Hearts Will Go On, a beautiful memorial site


Honored Babies ~ Miscarriage, Ectopic Pregnancy, Stillbirth, Neonatal Death, and Infant Death



Supportive Informational Resources



Miscarriage and Baby Loss FAQ - from labelledame.com


INFANT LOSS/MISCARRIAGE SITES from WWW Links


SHARE - Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Inc. - (800)-821-6819 - All information packets, correspondence, and support is free of charge for bereaved parents.


The Grief Watch site was created to provide you with bereavement resources, memorial products and links that can help you through your personal loss. It also serves as an excellent educational tool for all who travel down the road of grief.


Earth Mama Angel Baby - What can you say to a woman who has suffered a miscarriage? How do you comfort a woman who has endured a full-term pregnancy loss? The subject can seem utterly unapproachable. Baby Loss Comfort was created to help provide real physical support as well as emotional comfort and resource information for women who have experienced baby loss from miscarriage to stillbirth.


Holding on to Faith, Hope after Miscarriage and Loss - the personal story of recurring loss by miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy and the story of hope and faith which led to the birth of the couple's two children. This site has some nice Resources.


Loss from a Doula's Perspective - an excellent article with an extensive resource list.


Forever Our Angels by Hannah Stone - includes about 17 non-fiction essays written as 1st-person accounts. Each of the essays is written by a real person who has experienced a miscarriage. The book begins with an an introduction by a doctor of psychiatry, as well as a preface by the author Hannah Stone.


SilentGrief.com - Support for all who have suffered miscarriage and later child loss


Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support from heavenstreasures.com


Sara's Smile, Inc. is a non-profit organization created for the sole purpose of comforting bereaved mommies with a Sare Bear®. Children die through miscarriage, stillbirth, pediatric illness or trauma. We offer the Sare Bear® to mommies as a response to their heavy, empty, aching arms due to the loss of their beloved child.


pregnancyloss.info - A web site of information, hope and healing from pregnancy loss.


Children's Grief - the Baby Sibling Grief  site


November 10, 2005 - The Beth Israel Medical Center Perinatal Bereavement Program hosted "Guest Speaker: Dr. Joann Galst, Grief Counselor
Ruth Gabay, LCSW 212-844-8524
Joanne Rutland, LCSW 212-420-2977

You can search for

The Midwife and the Bereaved Family by Jane Warland


Pregnancy Loss Psychological Reactions by Frederick R. Jelovsek MD


A book that helped me was Motherhood After Miscarriage by Kathleen Diamond; she's a doctor who miscarried then birthed then miscarried 4-5 more times.  She's been thru the gamut.


homebirthbabyloss mailing list - This list is for women were interested in or planning a homebirth but lost their baby anytime in pregnancy or early infancy.


A Trisomy 18 Journey - Abigail Grace Wilsford - the site includes the story of a baby who was diagnosed prenatally with Trisomy 18 (Edwards Syndrome), who was carried to term, and who lived for 5 days. It addresses the issue of getting an "incompatible with life" prenatal diagnosis, deciding to carry-to-term, making decisions about what palliative care means for an infant, and grieving the loss of an infant. It includes trisomy 18, grief, and carrying-to-term resources as well as personal stories and a grief journal.


Waiting with Gabriel - A Story of Cherishing a Baby’s Brief Life By Amy Kuebelbeck - "a memoir about my son, who was diagnosed prenatally with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. The book is an account of our personal story, and it also addresses larger issues including the limits of medicine; continuing a pregnancy despite a devastating diagnosis; attitudes and practices regarding miscarriage, stillbirth and infant death; and ultimately dying well."


Planned Homebirth of a Stillborn Baby - Women who have experienced a fetal demise are most in need of the tender care available at a homebirth.  This article explains some of the legal and practical complexities that most of us would rather not think about.  Please be advised that this article is about California law - other states' laws may be very different.


The Natural Death Care Project (NDCP) is dedicated to a compassionate & dignified alternative to current funeral practices


12 Truths Regarding Perinatal Loss - For Those Who Have Had Miscarriages from Georgia Reproductive Specialists


The Child Bereavement Trust cares for bereaved parents and children by offering training and support to the professional.

They also offer some Useful Links


Footprints on our Hearts: How to Cope After a Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Newborn Death and At a Loss for Words: How to Help Those You Care for in a Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Newborn Death by Paraclete Video Productions


Houston's Aid In Neonatal Death - The H.A.N.D. Web Site. We are a Houston based pregnancy and infant loss support group for parents whose babies have died any time from conception through late infancy. Our mission is to help parents cope with feelings of grief and isolation which accompany the loss of a baby.


HAND , which stands for Helping After Neonatal Death, is a non-profit, volunteer group founded in the early 1980's to provide support and information to bereaved parents, their families and friends following a miscarriage, stillbirth, or newborn death.  They are located in Northern California, -888-908-HAND or 1-408-995-6102.

They also have a good Resources list.


Information written for care providers about Support for parents experiencing perinatal loss from the Canadian Pediatric Society


William & Wendell: A Family Remembered by Donnali Fifield "offers reassurance, and a welcome measure of relief, for those who are struggling to recover from a loss."  [The first chapter is available to be read online.]


Grieving and Healing by Holly Richardson, CD, ICCE


Hygeia Foundation and Institute for Perinatal Loss and Bereavement


Cristin's Hope - Caring support & information for families enduring neonatal loss.  This is a terrific site, including a page where you can post a memorial to your child, some good articles and links, poetry, email & online support groups, and a very important section on Marriage Support.


The dimensions of grief are many: Shock, Guilt, Anger, Shame, Anxiety, Sadness, Longing, Loneliness, Helplessness, Yearning, Separation Pain, Reconciliation, and Depression. Do not chastise yourself for any of them.

A few ways to help you cope are:


Rape-Related Pregnancy and Pregnancy Loss



Remembrance Art, Jewelry and Comfort Gifts



Miscarriage Memories offers a beautiful Baby In My Heart - a representation of a baby at 14 weeks.


Loss Comfort Gifts from Earth Mama Angel Baby


Miscarriage and Infant Loss Memorial Jewelry and Sympathy Cards for Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Loss from labelledame.com


The Comfort Company - we have carefully selected or custom designed a meaningful collection of sympathy, bereavement and condolence gift ideas with the hope of bringing comfort and remembrance to those who are grieving.


The Grief Watch Store



Pregnancy After Loss



Moved to Getting Pregnant/Pregnancy After A Loss

 




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