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Pregnancy loss and grief: Materials and resources


Books & Booklets

Where possible, links are provided to materials on Amazon.com.

Grief and loss

Life and Loss by Linda Goldman

Difficult pregnancies; difficult choices

A Time to Decide, A Time to Heal: for Parents Making Difficult Decisions About Babies They Love by Kathleen J. Delp and Molly A. Minnick

Difficult Decisions: For Families Whose Unborn Baby has a Serious Problem (booklet)

Loving and Letting Go: For Parents Who Decided to Turn Away from Aggressive Medical Intervention for Their Critically Ill Newborns by Deborah L. Davis, PhD

Precious Lives, Painful Choices: A Prenatal Decision-Making Guide by Sherokee Ilse

Your Baby has a Problem by Janet Ulm and Vickie Hannig

Loss of a baby

Empty Arms: Coping With Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death by Sherokee Ilse

Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby by D.L. Davis

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 G. Peppers and Ronald J. Knapp

When a Baby Dies: A Handbook for Healing and Helping by Rana K. Limbo and Sara Rich Wheeler

When Pregnancy Fails by S. Borg., and J. Lasker (book)

Pregnancy after a loss

Pregnancy After a Loss, a booklet written by parents at Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Pregnancy After a Loss by Jane Warland and Michael Warland

Still to be Born by Pat Schweibert and Paul Kirk

Children and grief

Molly's Rosebush by Jamie Cohn

No New Baby by Marilyn Grute

Thumpy's Story -- A Story of Love and Grief Shared Resources by SHARE (children's book)


Services & Support

Allina Grief Resources
651-628-1752

Aiding A Mother Experiencing Neonatal Death (AMEND)
4324 Berrywick Terrace, St. Louis, MO 63128
314-487-7582

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
409 12th Street Southwest, Washington, D.C. 20024-2188
202-638-5577

Bereavement Services
Gunderson Lutheran Medical Foundation, 1910 South Avenue, LaCrosse, WI 54601
1-800-362-9567, ext. 54747 or 608-775-4747

Bittersweet (for parents who have experienced the death of a twin or other multiple)
Barb Schaack, RN
952-854-1997
barbschaack@yahoo.com

The Compassionate Friends, Inc.
Box 3696, Oak Brook, IL 60521
1-877-969-0010
nationaloffice@compassionatefriends.org

Helping Other Parents in Normal Grieving (HOPING)
Sparrow Hospital, Box 30480, 1215 E. Michigan St., Lansing, MI 48909
517-483-3873

March of Dimes
1275 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605
914-428-7100

MIDS, Inc., (Miscarriage, Infant Death and Stillbirth)
c/o Janet Tischler, P.O. Box 6345, Parsippany, NJ 07054
973-884-1016

Neonatal Bereavement and Support Group
St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York, 130 W. 12th Street, New York, NY 10011
212-790-7508 or 212-790-7267

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Center of Minnesota
1415 E. Wayzata Blvd., Suite 22, Wayzata, MN 55391
952-473-9372

RESOLVE of Minnesota (for people experiencing infertility)
7455 France Avenue, suite 267, Edina, MN 55435
651-659-0333
info@resolvemn.org

SHARE Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support, Inc. (national office)
St. Joseph Health Center, 300 First Capitol Drive, St. Charles, MO 63301-2893
1-800 821-6819 or 636-947-7486

Sidelines High Risk Pregnancy Supportfor pregnant women on bedrest)
P.O. Box 1808, Laguna Beach, CA 92652
1-888-447-4754 (HI RISK4)
sidelines@sidelines.org


 

Source: Allina Patient Education, Beginnings: Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond, third edition, ISBN 1-931876-14-2

First published: 10/04/2002
Last updated: 02/19/2004

Reviewed by: Allina Patient Education experts

 

 

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