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You Do Not Walk Alone
Family & Grief Support
“You will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss; you’ll learn to live with it. You will heal and rebuild yourself around the loss. You will be whole again — but you will never be the same. Nor should you be.”
— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Grief Resources & Information
Organizations that walk alongside you
Chasing Rainbows
A national nonprofit providing free, daily virtual grief support groups, peer mentors, individual trauma therapy, and mental health resources for families experiencing infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss. They also offer financial assistance for burial expenses in all 50 states.
Good Grief
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.
March of Dimes
Leading the fight for the health of all moms and babies — working to end preventable maternal health risks and deaths, end preventable preterm birth and infant death, and close the health equity gap.
American Psychological Association
Guidance on grief and coping with the loss of a loved one, from the American Psychological Association.
Grief.com — Because Love Never Dies
Dedicated to helping everyone deal with the often unknown terrain that comes with all kinds of grief. Through education, information, and helpful resources, it aims to make the challenging road of grief a little easier.
Some Facts About Grief
A gentle primer on what grief is and how it moves — helpful facts for anyone navigating loss, from the California Department of Social Services.
National Support Groups
Communities who understand
Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support
A national community for anyone who experiences the death of a baby — parents, grandparents, siblings, and caregivers. Offers bedside companions, phone support, in-person and online groups, resource packets, and memorial events across 75+ chapters in 29 states.
Visit website →Star Legacy Foundation
Family support for all types of perinatal loss including miscarriage, stillbirth, ectopic pregnancy, infertility, neonatal death, and prematurity — available to parents, siblings, grandparents, extended family, and friends.
Visit website →The Compassionate Friends
A self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families who have experienced the death of a child, at any age.
Visit website →Pregnancy Loss Support Program
Resources and inclusive support for anyone touched by loss — including miscarriage, stillbirth, newborn death, or termination for fetal anomalies — as well as support for those pregnant following a loss.
National Alliance for Children's Grief
Guidance and resources for supporting a grieving child, connecting families with local children's bereavement support.
Grief Books
Words for the hardest days
For grieving parents
- Empty Arms: Coping With Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death
- Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby
- Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back
- Shattered: Surviving the Loss of a Child (Good Grief Series)
- Unexpecting
- The Baby Loss Guide: Practical and Compassionate Support
For grieving children
- Where's Jess? For Children Who Have a Brother or Sister Die
- Lost and Found: Remembering a Sister
- The Memory Box
- We Were Gonna Have a Baby, But We Had an Angel Instead
- Something Happened
- We Had to Say Goodbye Before We Even Met
Join our online support group
A private, compassionate space to share, remember, and be held by others who understand.