Loss Through Miscarriage
MISCARRIAGE, STILLBIRTH + EARLY INFANT DEATH
The moment you learn you are pregnant, life changes. You immediately start wondering, planning, worrying, and dreaming about this unique life that is just starting to form. Days go by, then weeks. If you’re lucky, you see the heartbeat, luckier still, you hear it. But what happens when out of nowhere that precious heartbeat that you’ve already grown to love just . . . stops? Life changes forever. You are now part of a club you never wanted to join. A club that only those who have experienced it can truly know. You are now a Baby Loss Mom. Whether you had an early miscarriage, a stillbirth, or the early death of an infant, your baby mattered. Your baby was alive, and then wasn’t. The resources below have been carefully collected to help you figure out how to go on from here.
Online Resources
Online Resources
Baby in Heaven
Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (NILMDTS)
M.E.N.D.-Mothers Enduring Neonatal Death
Sufficient Grace Ministries
Grieve Out Loud
MISS Foundation
Naomi’s Circle
Facebook:
Grieving Your Youngest Support
Infants Remembered in Silence (IRIS)
All That Love Can Do (carrying to term after a fatal diagnosis)
Remembering Our Babies Oct. 15th
Saying Goodbye
CJ First Candle
Pregnancy Loss Healing
Unspoken Grief
Local Support Groups (Sacramento)
Local Support Groups
Sharing Parents of Sacramento
The Compassionate Friends-Supporting Family After A Child Dies
Therapists/Counselors
1665 Creekside Drive, Suite 106
Folsom, CA 95630.
Activities
Activities
Haven of Hope Retreat
Early Miscarriage Awareness Day
November 9th
www.earlymiscarriageawarenessday.com
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss awareness month
October
October 15th is Pregnancy and infant loss remembrance day
Books & Media
Books & Media
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
A Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss – Guidance and Support for You and Your Family (Revised and Updated 2nd Edition)
Holding On to Hope: A Pathway through Suffering to the Heart of God
All That is Seen and Unseen: A Journey Through a First Trimester Miscarriage
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back, Deluxe Edition
I’ll Hold You In Heaven: Healing and Hope for the Parent Who has Lost a Child through Miscarriage, Stillbirth, Abortion or Early Infant Death
An Empty Cradle, a Full Heart: Reflections for Mothers and Fathers after Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death
Still: A Collection Of Honest Artwork And Writings From The Heart Of A Grieving Mother
Hannah’s Hope: Seeking God’s Heart in the Midst of Infertility, Miscarriage, and Adoption Loss
Due Date -- 50 Ways to Spend the Day Your Baby Should Have Been Born: And How to Survive in the Meantime
Empty Arms: Hope and Support for Those Who Have Suffered a Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Tubal Pregnancy
Pregnancy After Loss
Trying Again: A Guide to Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss
Pregnancy After a Loss: A Guide to Pregnancy After a Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death
Rainbows and Redemption (free download after contact)
Books for Grieving Children/Siblings
Heaven is for Real for Kids: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
No New Baby: For Siblings Who Have a Brother or Sister Die Before Birth (Nnc)
Water Bugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children
When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death (Dino Life Guides for Families)
Books for Grieving Grandparents
When a Grandchild Dies: What to Do, What to Say, How to Cope
Grandparents Cry Twice: Help for Bereaved Grandparents (Death, Value, and Meaning Series)
Healing a Parent’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Child Dies (Healing a Grieving Heart series)
Books on Infertility
The Infertility Cure: The Ancient Chinese Wellness Program for Getting Pregnant and Having Healthy Babies
Hannah’s Hope: Seeking God’s Heart in the Midst of Infertility, Miscarriage, and Adoption Loss
Empty Womb, Aching Heart: Hope and Help for Those Struggling With Infertility
Keepsakes
Infertility
Songs
Make You Feel My Love by Adele
Still by Gerrit Hofsink
After the Storm by Mumford and Sons
I Grieve by Peter Gabriel
When I’m With You – Oliviana by J.J. Heller
Jealous of the Angels by Jenn Bostic
The Island Soundtrack My Name is Lincoln
I Will Carry You by Selah
Beautiful Things by Gungor
Beauty Will Rise by Steven Curtis Chapman
I Give You to His Heart – by Alison Krauss
Gone Too Soon – by Daughtry
Every Storm Runs Out of Rain - by Gary Allan
Memorial
Gifts for Angels (based in the UK)
Movies
The Rabbit Hole
Courageous
https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/dont-talk-about-the-baby#updates/19559 (coming soon)
Podcasts
Sisters in Loss
https://player.fm/series/sisters-in-loss-podcast-miscarriage-pregnancy-loss-infertility-stories
Articles of interest
http://community.today.com/parentingteam/post/there-is-no-only-in-pregnancy-loss
Special Resources
The Stillbirth Foundation (based in Australia)
For Dads
Phone Support
1-800-221-7437
Grief counselors are available 24/7