GRIEF SUPPORT
“The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you’ll learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to.” — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Grief Resources & Information
Provides unlimited and free support to children, teens, young adults, and families after the death of a mother, father, sister, or brother through peer support programs, education, and advocacy.
Leading the fight for the health of all moms and babies. Our goals are to end the preventable maternal health risks and deaths, end preventable preterm birth and infant death, and close the health equity gap
American Phycological Association
Grief: Coping with the loss of your loved one
Grief.com Because Love Never Dies
Dedicated to help everyone deal with the often unknown terrain that comes along with all kinds of grief. Through education, information and other helpful resources we hope to make the challenging road of grief a little easier.
California Department of Social Services
Some Facts About Grief
Grief Books
For Grieving Parents
Empty Arms: Coping With Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death
By Sherokee Ilse
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby
By Deborah L. Davis Ph.D.
Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back
By Kelly Farley
Shattered: Surviving the Loss of a Child (Good Grief Series)
By Gary Roe
By Rachel Lewis
By Zoe Clark-Coates
For Grieving Children
Where’s Jess? For Children Who Have a Brother or Sister Die
By Marvin Johnson
Lost and Found: Remembering a Sister
By Joanna Rowland
We were gonna have a baby, but we had an angel instead
By Pat Schwiebert
By Cathy Blanford
By Irene Teague
National Support Groups
Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support
"Share is a community for anyone who experiences the tragic death of a baby. We serve parents, grandparents, siblings, and others in the family unit, as well as the professionals who care for grieving families. Share is a national organization with over 75 chapters in 29 states. Our services include bed-side companions, phone support, face-to-face support group meetings, resource packets, private online communities, memorial events, training for caregivers, and so much more."
"Our Family Support projects are open to and designed for all types of perinatal loss including miscarriage, stillbirth, ectopic pregnancy, infertility, neonatal death, prematurity, and others. Additionally, our family support services are available to all affected by the death of a baby including parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts/uncles, other extended family, friends, and co-workers."
"When a child dies, at any age, the family suffers intense pain and may feel hopeless and isolated. The Compassionate Friends provides highly personal comfort, hope, and support to every family experiencing the death of a son or a daughter, a brother or a sister, or a grandchild, and helps others better assist the grieving family." The COmpassionate Friends is "a self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child."
Pregnancy Loss Support Program
"We are here with valuable resources and inclusive support for anyone whose life has been touched by loss, including miscarriage, stillbirth, newborn death or termination for fetal anomalies as well as support for those who are pregnant following a loss."