Pregnancy loss, stillbirth and infant death
Resources
General Pregnancy Loss / Stillbirth / Infant Death
- Loss Mama: Learning to Live Again, One Breath at a Time
- The Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support Centre – out of Calgary but also offers support to families in Ontario
- PAIL Network – Resources and peer-support services offered to families across Ontario
- Miscarriage Hope Desk
- Helping your family heal after stillbirth
- Raising an “only child” who isn’t – one of many stories featured on the Pregnancy After Loss Support website
- Modern Loss: Candid conversation about grief. Beginners welcome. – articles on miscarriage and stillbirth
- Postpartum Support International – Loss & Grief in Pregnancy & Postpartum
- Why we should share our stories – A TedEx talk
- Loving your baby… A gentle and practical guide to parenting through miscarriage, stillbirth and infant death
- The Love and Loss Project – A comfort and inspiration station for people who have lost a baby, pregnancy or child.
- One Year Since Losing Lachlan: Lessons in Grief
- Articles from What’s Your Grief?
- Birth Injury Center – Intrauterine Fetal Demise (Stillbirth)
For Dads
Books
- Our Stories of Miscarriage: Healing with Words by Rachel Faldet
- About What Was Lost: Twenty Writers on Miscarriage, Healing and Hope by Jessica Berger Gross
- You Are Not Alone: Love Letters from Loss Mom to Loss Mom by Emily Long
- Waiting for Daisy by Peggy Orenstein
- A Guide for Fathers: When a Baby Dies by Tim Nelson
- I Had a Miscarriage: A Memoir, a Movement by Jessica Zucker
- The Miscarriage Map: What to Expect When You’re No Longer Expecting by Sunita Osborn
- What God is Honored Here? Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss by and for Native Women and Women of Color by Shannon Gibney and Kao Kalia Yang
- Unexpecting: Real Talk on Pregnancy Loss by Rachel Lewis
Professional Support
- Life After Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss
- Embrace Counselling Services
- Lisa Aldworth Counselling and Therapy
- Kathryn Wagner at The Wellness Collaborative
- Life After Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss
- Leah Neumann
- Guelph Women’s Health Associates – professional support, reading list and supportive social media
Podcasts
- hey, girl. by Alex Elle
- Miscarriage Hope Desk Podcast
- Confessions of a Grieving Mother
- Miscarriage Stories with Arden Cartrette
- Still Parents
- The Worst Girl Gang Ever
- The Joyful Mourning: A Podcast for Women Who Have Experienced Pregnancy or Infant Loss
- Radical Nurse Talk: Supporting Families of Unborn and Newborn Infants with Life-Threatening Conditions
Resources for Children
- How to Talk to Children about Miscarriage and Stillbirth – one of many articles on the What’s Your Grief website
- Book: Mommy Says I Have a Brother & Mommy Says I Have a Sister by Stephany Resendes, founder of Grayson’s Army
- Book: My Sibling Still: For those who’ve lost a sibling to miscarriage, still birth or infant death by Megan Lacourrege
- Book: Something Happened by Cathy Blanford
- Book: Always My Twin by Valerie Samuels
- Book: Perfectly Imperfect Family by Amie Lands
- Book: We Were Gonna Have a Baby, but We Had an Angel Instead by Pat Schwiebert
- Book: My Sibling Still by Megan Lacourrege
- Book: Someone Came Before You by Pat Schwiebert
- Book: I Love You Still: A Memorial Baby Book by Margaret Scofield
- Book: Our Heaven Baby: A Book on Miscarriage and the Hope of Heaven by Leah Vis
- Book: The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
- Book: A Rainbow Baby Story: The Rainbow After the Storm by Crystal Falk and Kim Roman
- Book: Happy Tears and Rainbow Babies by Natasha Carlow
- Book: Mommy Says I Have a Brother by Stephany Resendes
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month/Remembrance Day
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month and October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. On this day, candles are lit at 7pm to create a wave of light, honouring the babies who have died and the parents and siblings who grieve.
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month Facebook page
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day Canada Facebook page
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day – PAIL Network website has resources and information regarding this day
- International Wave of Light