Perinatal and Child Loss Resources
I’m so sorry you’re here, but welcome you gently and with immense compassion and softness. Grief is a messy, unexpected, non-linear process and, as a society, we don’t really know how to do it well.
Be kind to yourself, sit with it, and move through at your own pace, in your own way.
Here are some resources that you may find helpful in your journey:
Websites
Return to Zero Hope - holistic support, resources, and community for people who experience unimaginable loss during their parenthood journey
Tommy’s - a wealth of resources on pregnancy and infant loss
The Pink Elephants Support Network - miscarriage and early pregnancy loss support
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Center - resources and support
Now I lay me down to sleep - remembrance photography services
The Miscarriage Association - resources for those impacted by pregnancy loss
Books for Adults
It’s OK that you’re not OK by Megan Devine
To tend and to hold: Honoring our bodies, our needs, and our grief through pregnancy and infant loss by Eileen S. Rosete
You are not alone: Love letters from loss mom to loss mom by Emily Long
Fathers speak: On the death of a child by Emily Long
Grieving is Loving: Compassionate words for bearing the unbearable by Joanne Cacciatore
Bearing the Unbearable: Love, loss, and the heartbreaking path of grief by Joanne Cacciatore
Books for Siblings (and other kids too!)
Dear Star Baby by Malcolm Newsome
The rabbit listened by Cori Doerrfeld
Everywhere, still by M. H. Clark
Goodbye sister by Kimberly Newton
A kids book about grief by Brennan Wood
Forever connected by Jessica Correnti
The ABCs of grief: A children’s grief book for all types of loss and grief by Jessica Correnti
The ABCs of Grief: Emotions & Feelings by Jessica Correnti
Perfectly imperfect family by Amie Lands
Some babies can’t stay by Jessica Ells
All from a walnut by Ammi-Joan Paquette
Supporting a loved one
The Noble Paperie - cards that they’ll actually want to receive
Support Groups
SHARE Edward Hospital - offers in person and virtual groups in Naperville
Return to Zero Hope - offers a variety of virtual groups and workshops
Postpartum Support International - offers many virtual groups
Honoring your child and your experience
Laurelbox - beautiful gifts honoring their beloved, for a variety of losses
Mamie’s Poppy Plates - hand-crafted memorial plates with baby’s hand and footprints
Mother of Wilde - personalized birth prints and remembrance memorials
Mamma’s Liquid Love - jewelry and keepsakes created with breastmilk, ashes, hair, and other inclusions