Have you gone through a pregnancy or infant loss? These resources might provide some help during your grieving process.
Updated October 12, 2023
It’s words that no parents want to hear: “I’m so sorry… ” What follows next breaks your heart and alters your life forever.
Going through the loss of a pregnancy or baby is one of the absolute hardest things that a person can experience. There are no words to describe the grief and anguish that follows this kind of loss. It’s something that cannot be imagined.
There’s nothing that can take away the pain, but there are a few resources that might prove helpful as you begin your journey after loss.
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Groups
- Rachel’s Gift (offers online and some in-person support groups)
- Hope Mommies (a Christian group that offers private Facebook support groups for loss parents)
- SAILS Grief Support (SAILS stands for Stillbirth And Infant Loss Support)
- MEND (Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death is a Christian organization that offers an online support group, as well as some local chapters)
Education about stillbirth
- Star Legacy Foundation
- National Share
- The Compassionate Friends
- SANDS
- MEND (Christian organization that offers resources for moms who have lost a baby to miscarriage or stillbirth)
- SAILS
Education about miscarriage
Reading for after pregnancy or infant loss
- Still Standing Magazine (for anyone who has lost a child)
- Ask Me His Name by Elle Wright
- The Baby Loss Guide by Zoe Clark-Coates
- Always Within: Grieving the Loss of Your Infant by Melissa L Eshleman
Books on loss for children
If you’re going through a loss but have little children at home, these books may help explain to them what happened.
- Something Happened by Cathy Blanford
- Our Heaven Baby by Leah Vis (A book from a Christian perspective that explain loss of a baby)
- Something Very Sad Happened by Bonnie Zucker
- My Sibling Still by Megan Lacourrege
- Emily Lost Someone She Loved by Kathleen Fucci (this is another Christian book that can help children through losing someone, such as their unborn or newborn sibling.)
Mementos or keepsakes
- Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep offers free portrait sessions for those who are experiencing the loss of an infant.
- Molly Bears was founded by a loss mom and creates memory bears that are the exact weight of your baby when they passed.
- Made With Love Keepsakes offers jewelry made from breastmilk, locks of hair, umbilical cords, placenta, and more
- Heartbeat Bears (these are a way to prepare a memento of your baby after receiving a terminal diagnosis during pregnancy or right after birth)
- I Love You Still: A Memorial Baby Book
If you have any more resources to add, especially if you felt they helped you in your own journey of loss, please feel free to share them in the comments.
