Grief Resources (books, sites, etc)

[andrewsmommy]

Here are some resources to help newer mommies. By no means is this an exhausted list but it does include books and sites that others have found helpful.

Books-
On Loss:
Empty Cradle Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby by Deborah L Davis
When Hello Means Goodbye by Paul Kirk, MD
Mommy Please Don’t Cry, There Are No Tears in Heaven by Linda DeYmaz
Silent Grief: Miscarriage- Finding Your Way Through the Darkness by Clara Hinton
A Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss- Guidance and Support for You and Your Family by Ingrid Kohn
Time to Decide A Time to Heal for Parents Making Difficult Decisions About Babies They Love by M.A. Minnick
Help, Comfort & Hope after Losing Your Baby in Pregnancy or the First Year by Hannah Lothrop
An Empty Cradle, A Full Heart: Reflections for Mothers and Fathers After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death by Christine O’Keefe Lafser *
*Includes Biblical Scripture
Forever Silent, Forever Changed: The Loss of a Baby in Miscarriage, Stillbirth, Early Infancy. A Mother’s Experience and Your Personal Journal by Kellie Davis
Silent Birth: When Your Baby Dies by Sharon N. Covington
A Silent Love: Personal Stories of Coming to Terms with Miscarriage by Adrienne Ryan
When Your Baby Dies by Louis A.Gamino and Ann Taylor Cooney
Good Mourning -Help and Understanding in Time of Pregnancy Loss by Judy Gordon Morrow and Nancy Gordon Dehamer
How to go on Living After the Death of a Baby- by Larry Peppers and Ronald Knapp
Life Touches Life: A Mothers Story of Stillbirth and Healing by Lorraine Ash
When Bad Things Happen to Good People - by Harold S. Kushner
For Children:
We Were Gonna Have a Baby, but We had an Angel Instead by Pat Schweibert
When Someone Very Special Dies by Marge Heegaard
Where’s Jess by Joy and Marv Johnson
This Book is for All Kids, But Especially My Sister Libby. Libby Died by Jack Simon
Where Do People Go When They Die? By Mindy Avra Portnoy

Trying to Conceive after a Loss:
Still to be Born by Pat Schwiebert
Trying Again: A Guide to Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Loss by Ann Douglas, John R. Sussman, Deborah L. Davis
Pregnancy after a Loss:
Pregnancy after a Loss- A Guide to Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Loss by Carol Cirulli Lanham

Web-Sites:
www.silentgrief.com- A place for any type child loss support ~ miscarriage, stillbirth, and the loss of children at any age (infants, young children, teens, and adults). There is a place to express your grief and questions among others who are suffering similar losses.
www.nationalshareoffice.com/- SHARE is a not-for-profit nondenominational organization providing support to those whose lives are touched by the tragic death of a baby through early pregnancy loss, stillbirth or newborn death.
www.stillnomore.org - The National Stillbirth Society web site
www.stillfathers.org - Still Fathers is a new resource for men who have experienced stillbirth, infant death, or miscarriage, and provides support, encouragement, and 'a place to touch base.
www.Missfoundation.org- an international non-profit organization providing support for grieving families
www.stillinmyheart.com- A pregnancy loss, stillbirth, miscarriage, and neonatal loss support site. Also a free service offered on this site for photo touch ups of your baby.
www.aplacetoremember.com- Uplifting support materials and resources for those who have been touched by a crisis in pregnancy or the death of a baby.
www.compassionatefriends.org- nonprofit, self-help support organization open to all bereaved parents, grandparents, and siblings.
www.babyloss.com- These pages have been collated to provide information and support online for women and their partners who have experienced the loss of a baby.
www.modimes.org- The March of Dimes web-site- the mission of the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant mortality.
www.angelteddybears.org/index.html purpose is to deliver teddy bears to hospitals which are in turn given to parents of stillborn children, miscarriages and neonatal loss.
Along with these teddy bears is is a card containing a sympathy
message and the website address.


Christian sites
www.Sarahs-laughter.com- Christian support for those struggling with infertility and pregnancy loss. Hope, encouragement, healing.
www.elizabethministry.com- a "Christian support for the joys, challenges, and sorrows of the childbearing years" and has a special section on dealing with loss.

Gifts/stuff
www.thecomfortcompany.net- site with unique memorial gifts such as holiday ornaments and comfort items for families dealing with loss.
www.elenasinspiration.com/designs_new.html - site to request a custom made mother’s bracelet in memory of your lost child. This jewelry maker was inspired by the loss of her daughter and will make a free bracelet for you if you’re willing to pay shipping and handling.
www.griefwatch.com- resources for bereaved families and professional caregivers- includes online store to purchase birth announcements specializing in stillbirth, books on loss, infant urns and other specialty items.
www.clairesfriends.org for Infant Loss Support, a free Memorial Baby Bracelet and Memorial Booklet
personal.nbnet.nb.ca/crempel/Heartprints/ free photo retouching

[lauriesch22]

Mindie,
That was really nice of you to put that all together. Somehow we have to keep this message toward the top, as this is information all new mommies and daddies coming here could really benefit from

[my2angels]

Yes, great idea, Mindie!!

We should see if we could get this tacked at the top.

Cass

[walkersmommy]

Thank you for that!!

JEssica

[Heaven&Earth]

Mindie, thanks for posting my list I definitely need to update it to add Lorraine Ash's book (see other post). Maybe someone can sticky this?

[momofmiles]

Thanks Mindie!! Great list!!

[mommy2five]

Thanks Mindie, you put together a great list!

[andrewsmommy]

Angie,

Lorraine Ash's book is already on the list

[Heaven&Earth]

LOL, guess that's what I get for not reading it!!! Bwahhahahah!!! I shouldn't try to post when I have someone yapping at my feet Big Kudos to you for posting this!!! I hope all of the new moms can benefit from this list. If anyone has anything to add, please do. I collaborated most of this list by doing a search at Amazon and then asking the girls here at SG what their thoughts were. I print this list out and put it in my grief boxes for the hospital as a resource to new moms who have lost their babies as well. Please feel free to do the same. I share it with others from other boards when they've had a loss as well.

[andrewsmommy]

BUMP

[lauriesch22]

Seriously I would LIKE to see this as a sticky at the top. Can that be done??
I cant tell you how helpful this would have been for me 3 months ago.
In the beginning I didnt want to post, and just read some posts. If this would have been at the top of the page I would have had a great deal of help.

Anyone else think this should be stickied?

[RunawayTeddyBear]

What a great idea, Mindie!
Would you mind adding my website to your list, (wherever you think appropriate)?
Thanks!
Cynthia

[andrewsmommy]

Cynthia,

Done It is under the "gift/stuff" section for the bracelet and memorial booklet.

[andrewsmommy]

Bumped for new mommies

[heartprints]

I'd love for you to add my website as well, Mindie.