SUPPORT LINKS:
The following are websites that provide information and support for families having experienced the loss of a pregnancy or newborn infant. As our foundation continues to grow, we are hopeful that this list will expand to provide even more support to the bereaved parent community.
The Missing Alexis Foundation
Northern Kentucky Walk to Remember
National Share Office
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Support Services
The MISS Foundation
First Candle
The March of Dimes
October 15th National PAIL Day
Church of the Holy Innocents
Center of Loss in Multiple Birth
Loss of All in Multiple Birth
Pregnancy Loss Ribbons
Grief and Loss memorial artwork
My Forever Child
Baby Loss Kit
Angel of Hope Statute - Spring Grove Cemetary
A Silent Grief
RECOMMENDED READING:
Many books have come into print regarding the loss of a baby. Below are the ones found to have been most helpful:
FOR THE NEWLY BEREAVED:
Mommy Please Don't Cry by Linda Deymaz and Laurie Snow Hein
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart by Deborah L. Davis, Ph.D.
Empty Arms by Pam Vredevelt
What's Heaven? by Maria Shriver
Free to Grieve by Maureen Rank
A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
Experiencing Grief by H. Norman Wright
* The Shack by William P. Young
* Let in the Light: Facing the hard stuff with Hope by Patricia Livingston
Help, Comfort, and Hope After Losing Your Baby in Pregnancy or the First Year by Hannah Lothrop
A Piece of My Heart: Living Through the Grief of Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death by Molly Fumia
Surviving Pregnancy Loss : A Complete Sourcebook for Women and Their Families by Rochelle Friedman, Bonnie Gradstein
When a Baby Dies: The Experience of Late Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death by Nancy Kohner and Alix Henley
An Empty Cradle A Full Heart by Christine O’Keeffe Lafser
* 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 by Jack Hayford
Empty Arms: Coping with Miscarriage, Stillbirth and infant Death by Sherokee Ilse
Morning Will Come by Sandy Day
A Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss: Guidance and Support for You and Your Family by Ingrid Kohn and Perry-Lynn Moffitt with Isabelle A Wilkins MD
* When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner
*Denotes religious/spiritual discussion
FOR THOSE FAMILIES CONSIDERING A SUBSEQUENT PREGNANCY AFTER A LOSS:
Trying Again by Deborah Davis, Ph.D.
Pregnancy After a Loss by Carol Cirulli Lanham
IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE ARE STRUGGLING WITH FEELINGS OF DEPRESSION OR THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE, PLEASE CONTACT THE
TRI-STATE SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION
AT:
513-281-CARE (2273)