Resources
Perinatal Loss
Websites
Books
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- Saying Goodbye, Zoe Clark- Coates
- The Baby Loss Guide, by Zoe Clark Coates
- Beyond Goodbye, 60 days of practical and compassionate support through grief
- Pregnancy After Loss, a day by day plan to reassure and comfort you
- Waiting with Gabriel: A Story of Cherishing a Baby’s Brief Life, by Amy Kuebelbeck
- Stillbirth, Yet Still Born, by Deborah Davis
- The Miscarriage Map, by Dr. Sunita Osborn
- What God Is Honored Here? Writings on Miscarriage by and for Native Women and Women of Color, edited by Shannon Gibney and Kao Kalia Yang
- The Brink of Being: Talking About Miscarriage by Julia Bueno
- Not Broken: An Approachable Guide to Miscarriage and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss by Lora Shahine, MD
- A Guide For Fathers: When A Baby Dies By, Tim Nelson
- I will carry you: the sacred dance of grief and joy – Angie Smith
- Empty Arms: Hope and Support for Those Who Have Suffered a Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Tubal Pregnancy by Pam Vredevelt
- Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby by Deborah L. Davis, Ph.D.
- Grieving Together: A Couple’s Journey through Miscarriage by Laura Kelly Fanucci and Franco David Fanucci
- Holding on to Love After You've Lost a Baby: The 5 Love Languages for Grieving Parents, by Gary Chapman, Candy McVicar
- You Are Not Alone: Love Letters From Loss Mom to Loss Mom, by Emily R Long
- Men and Miscarriage: A Dad's Guide to Grief, Relationships, and Healing After Loss by, Aaron Gouveia, MJ Gouveia
- Strong and Tender ( A book for grieving fathers) by, Pat Schwiebert, RN
- A Different Kind of Grief: Tips for Men going through a Miscarriage By, Erik Fowler
- There was Supposed to Be a Baby By, Catherine Noblitt Keating
- A Gift of Time: Continuing Your Pregnancy When Your Baby's Life Is Expected to Be Brief (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)
Financial Assistance
• Angel Names Association – Financial support for funeral services following a stillbirth
• Colette Louise Tisdale Foundation– Financial assistance with funeral costs (cremation or burial), grief counseling, loss of income, transportation costs
• Flutter by izzyjane – Financial support for funeral expenses for losses 24 weeks or greater
• Hayden’s Helping Hands – Financial support of medical expenses following stillbirth
• Love, Jessica – Financial support for medical or funeral expenses following a miscarriage or stillbirth
• The Fletcher Foundation – Financial assistance following a miscarriage or stillbirth
• The TEARS Foundation – Financial assistance for funeral planning
Support for Other Specific Needs
• CHERUBS – Association of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
• CLIMB – Center for Loss in Multiple Birth
• Infant Loss Resources – SIDS and other sleep related losses
• Miscarriage for Men – for support in the UK
• My Molar Pregnancy
• National Alliance for Grieving Children – Promotes awareness of the needs of children and teens grieving a death and provides education and resources.
• National Downs Syndrome Society
• National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
• National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association
• Postpartum Depression
• Postpartum Support International-Support, resources and a helpline
• Pregnancy After Loss Support – PALS
• RESOLVE – Infertility
• SOFT – Trisomy 18 & related disorders
• The Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome Foundation
• Trisomy 18 Foundation
Additional Resources
• Catherine Cares – Provides heartbeat bears, fuel & grocery gift cards to families who receive prenatal or newborn life -threatening diagnoses
• Faith’s Lodge: a place of refuge and retreat for bereaved families
• Helping Hands Milk Bank – serves as a resource for donation across the US
• Human Milk Banking Association of North America
• MEND – A Christian organization based in Dallas/Ft. Worth
• M.I.S.S. Foundation – Missing Angel Bill Legislative Reference Site
• Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep – Infant bereavement photography
• PLIDA – Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Alliance
• Pregnancy After Loss App to track pregnancy
Purposeful Gift– an organization increasing options and awareness about neonatal organ, eye, tissue, and whole body donation
• SAILS – Stillborn And Infant Loss Support is dedicated to helping those who have lost their child by letting them know that they are not alone.
Pregnancy After loss
Websites
- and app for calm pregnancy tracking
Books
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- Pregnancy After Loss, a day by day plan to reassure and comfort you (Zoe Clark-Coates)
- Rebirth (Joey Miller)
- Courageously Expecting 30 Days of Encouragement for Pregnancy After Loss by (Jenny Albers)
- Joy at the End of the Rainbow by (Amanda Ross-White)
- Trying Again: A Giude to Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss by (John R. Sussman and Ann Douglas)
- Pregnancy After Loss: A Guide to Pregnancy After a Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death by (Carol Cirulli) Lanham
- Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief, Healing, and Pregnancy After Loss by (Alexis Marie Chute)
Birth Trauma
Books
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- Birth Shock: How to Recover from Birth Trauma (Mia Scotland)
- Heal Your Birth Story, Releasing the Unexpected (Maureen Campion)
- Birth Trauma: A Guide for you, your friends, and family to coping with post-traumatic stress disorder following birth (Kim Thomas)
- Coping With Birth Trauma and Postnatal Depression (Lucy Jolin)
- Life After Birth Trauma – The Road to Recovery (Jessica Prime)
Other resources
Disrupted Adoptions
Websites
- – financial and emotional support
Books
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Infertility
Websites
- - National Infertility Organization- their resources page has a list of books and podcasts.
- - Resources, guidance, and information
- Postpartum Support international
- List Item
Books
Disclaimer: Supporting Empty Arms is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. This means that when you click on an Amazon affiliate link on our website and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. These commissions help us fund our mission to support families on their journey to healing. We appreciate your support in using our affiliate links when shopping on Amazon.
- When You’re Not Expecting - Constance Shapiro
- Praying Through Infertility a 90-Day Devotional for Men and Women - Sheridan Voysey
- Infreakinfertility: How to Survive When Getting Pregnant Gets Hard - Melanie Dale
- Mothers in Waiting: Healing and Hope for Those with Empty Arms - Crystal Bowman
- It Starts with the Egg: How the Science of Egg Quality Can Help You Get Pregnant Naturally, Prevent Miscarriage, and Improve Your Odds in IVF - Rebecca Fett
- Getting Pregnant with PCOS: An evidence-based approach to treat the root causes of polycystic ovary syndrome and boost your fertility - Clare Goodwin-Registered Nutritionist
- The Trying Game: Get Through Fertility Treatment and Get Pregnant without Losing Your Mind - Amy Klein
- Fighting Infertility: Finding My Inner Warrior Through Trying to Conceive, IVF, and Miscarriage - Samantha Busch
- Baby Making for Everybody: Family Building and Fertility for LGBTQ+ and Solo Parents - Marea Goodman LM CPM and Ray Rachlin LM CPM
- How to Help Friends and Family Through Infertility: How You Can Offer Support, What to Say and Understanding Infertility - Alexandra Kornswiet
- What He Can Expect When She’s Not Expecting: How to Support Your Wife, Save Your Marriage, and Conquer Infertility! - Marc Sedaka and Gregory Rosen
Termination for Medical Reasons (TMR)
Websites
- - support and in
- - support after terminating a wanted pregnancy
- - support
- - support
Books
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- Our Heartbreaking Choice: Forty-six WOmen Share Their Stories of Interrupting a Much-Wanted Pregnancy - Christie Brooks
- A Gift of Time: Continuing Your Pregnancy When Your Baby’s Life is Expected to be Brief - Amy Kuebelbeck and Deborah Davis
- Rebirth: The Journey of Pregnancy After a Loss - Joey Miller
- An Abortion for Love, Notes From a Friend: A Journal After a Genetic Termination - Dr. Susan Hodge
- Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby - Deborah L. Davis
Parenting After Loss
Bonding with Baby After Loss or Trauma, Postpartum depression and anxiety
Websites
- - Parenting After Loss
- - Parenting After Loss
Books
Disclaimer: Supporting Empty Arms is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. This means that when you click on an Amazon affiliate link on our website and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. These commissions help us fund our mission to support families on their journey to healing. We appreciate your support in using our affiliate links when shopping on Amazon.
Perinatal Loss
Websites
Books
Disclaimer: Supporting Empty Arms is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. This means that when you click on an Amazon affiliate link on our website and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. These commissions help us fund our mission to support families on their journey to healing. We appreciate your support in using our affiliate links when shopping on Amazon.
- Saying Goodbye, Zoe Clark- Coates
- The Baby Loss Guide, by Zoe Clark Coates
- Beyond Goodbye, 60 days of practical and compassionate support through grief
- Pregnancy After Loss, a day by day plan to reassure and comfort you
- Waiting with Gabriel: A Story of Cherishing a Baby’s Brief Life, by Amy Kuebelbeck
- Stillbirth, Yet Still Born, by Deborah Davis
- The Miscarriage Map, by Dr. Sunita Osborn
- What God Is Honored Here? Writings on Miscarriage by and for Native Women and Women of Color, edited by Shannon Gibney and Kao Kalia Yang
- The Brink of Being: Talking About Miscarriage by Julia Bueno
- Not Broken: An Approachable Guide to Miscarriage and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss by Lora Shahine, MD
- A Guide For Fathers: When A Baby Dies By, Tim Nelson
- I will carry you: the sacred dance of grief and joy – Angie Smith
- Empty Arms: Hope and Support for Those Who Have Suffered a Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Tubal Pregnancy by Pam Vredevelt
- Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby by Deborah L. Davis, Ph.D.
- Grieving Together: A Couple’s Journey through Miscarriage by Laura Kelly Fanucci and Franco David Fanucci
- Holding on to Love After You’ve Lost a Baby: The 5 Love Languages for Grieving Parents, by Gary Chapman, Candy McVicar
- You Are Not Alone: Love Letters From Loss Mom to Loss Mom, by Emily R Long
- Men and Miscarriage: A Dad’s Guide to Grief, Relationships, and Healing After Loss by, Aaron Gouveia, MJ Gouveia
- Strong and Tender ( A book for grieving fathers) by, Pat Schwiebert, RN
- A Different Kind of Grief: Tips for Men going through a Miscarriage By, Erik Fowler
- There was Supposed to Be a Baby By, Catherine Noblitt Keating
- A Gift of Time: Continuing Your Pregnancy When Your Baby’s Life Is Expected to Be Brief (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)
Financial Assistance
• Angel Names Association – Financial support for funeral services following a stillbirth
• Colette Louise Tisdale Foundation– Financial assistance with funeral costs (cremation or burial), grief counseling, loss of income, transportation costs
• Flutter by izzyjane – Financial support for funeral expenses for losses 24 weeks or greater
• Hayden’s Helping Hands – Financial support of medical expenses following stillbirth
• Love, Jessica – Financial support for medical or funeral expenses following a miscarriage or stillbirth
• The Fletcher Foundation – Financial assistance following a miscarriage or stillbirth
• The TEARS Foundation – Financial assistance for funeral planning
Support for Other Specific Needs
• CHERUBS – Association of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
• CLIMB – Center for Loss in Multiple Birth
• Infant Loss Resources – SIDS and other sleep related losses
• Miscarriage for Men – for support in the UK
• My Molar Pregnancy
• National Alliance for Grieving Children – Promotes awareness of the needs of children and teens grieving a death and provides education and resources.
• National Downs Syndrome Society
• National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
• National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association
• Postpartum Depression
• Postpartum Support International-Support, resources and a helpline
• Pregnancy After Loss Support – PALS
• RESOLVE – Infertility
• SOFT – Trisomy 18 & related disorders
• The Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome Foundation
• Trisomy 18 Foundation
Additional Resources
• Catherine Cares – Provides heartbeat bears, fuel & grocery gift cards to families who receive prenatal or newborn life -threatening diagnoses
• Faith’s Lodge: a place of refuge and retreat for bereaved families
• Helping Hands Milk Bank – serves as a resource for donation across the US
• Human Milk Banking Association of North America
• MEND – A Christian organization based in Dallas/Ft. Worth
• M.I.S.S. Foundation – Missing Angel Bill Legislative Reference Site
• Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep – Infant bereavement photography
• PLIDA – Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Alliance
• Pregnancy After Loss App to track pregnancy
Purposeful Gift– an organization increasing options and awareness about neonatal organ, eye, tissue, and whole body donation
• SAILS – Stillborn And Infant Loss Support is dedicated to helping those who have lost their child by letting them know that they are not alone.
Pregnancy After loss
Websites
- and app for calm pregnancy tracking
Books
Disclaimer: Supporting Empty Arms is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. This means that when you click on an Amazon affiliate link on our website and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. These commissions help us fund our mission to support families on their journey to healing. We appreciate your support in using our affiliate links when shopping on Amazon.
- Pregnancy After Loss, a day by day plan to reassure and comfort you (Zoe Clark-Coates)
- Rebirth (Joey Miller)
- Courageously Expecting 30 Days of Encouragement for Pregnancy After Loss by (Jenny Albers)
- Joy at the End of the Rainbow by (Amanda Ross-White)
- Trying Again: A Giude to Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss by (John R. Sussman and Ann Douglas)
- Pregnancy After Loss: A Guide to Pregnancy After a Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death by (Carol Cirulli) Lanham
- Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief, Healing, and Pregnancy After Loss by (Alexis Marie Chute)
Birth Trauma
Books
Disclaimer: Supporting Empty Arms is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. This means that when you click on an Amazon affiliate link on our website and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. These commissions help us fund our mission to support families on their journey to healing. We appreciate your support in using our affiliate links when shopping on Amazon.
- Birth Shock: How to Recover from Birth Trauma (Mia Scotland)
- Heal Your Birth Story, Releasing the Unexpected (Maureen Campion)
- Birth Trauma: A Guide for you, your friends, and family to coping with post-traumatic stress disorder following birth (Kim Thomas)
- Coping With Birth Trauma and Postnatal Depression (Lucy Jolin)
- Life After Birth Trauma – The Road to Recovery (Jessica Prime)
Other resources
Disrupted Adoptions
Websites
- – financial and emotional support
Books
Disclaimer: Supporting Empty Arms is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. This means that when you click on an Amazon affiliate link on our website and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. These commissions help us fund our mission to support families on their journey to healing. We appreciate your support in using our affiliate links when shopping on Amazon.
Infertility
Websites
- – National Infertility Organization- their resources page has a list of books and podcasts.
- – Resources, guidance, and information
- Postpartum Support international
- List Item
Books
Disclaimer: Supporting Empty Arms is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. This means that when you click on an Amazon affiliate link on our website and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. These commissions help us fund our mission to support families on their journey to healing. We appreciate your support in using our affiliate links when shopping on Amazon.
- When You’re Not Expecting – Constance Shapiro
- Praying Through Infertility a 90-Day Devotional for Men and Women – Sheridan Voysey
- Infreakinfertility: How to Survive When Getting Pregnant Gets Hard – Melanie Dale
- Mothers in Waiting: Healing and Hope for Those with Empty Arms – Crystal Bowman
- It Starts with the Egg: How the Science of Egg Quality Can Help You Get Pregnant Naturally, Prevent Miscarriage, and Improve Your Odds in IVF – Rebecca Fett
- Getting Pregnant with PCOS: An evidence-based approach to treat the root causes of polycystic ovary syndrome and boost your fertility – Clare Goodwin-Registered Nutritionist
- The Trying Game: Get Through Fertility Treatment and Get Pregnant without Losing Your Mind – Amy Klein
- Fighting Infertility: Finding My Inner Warrior Through Trying to Conceive, IVF, and Miscarriage – Samantha Busch
- Baby Making for Everybody: Family Building and Fertility for LGBTQ+ and Solo Parents – Marea Goodman LM CPM and Ray Rachlin LM CPM
- How to Help Friends and Family Through Infertility: How You Can Offer Support, What to Say and Understanding Infertility – Alexandra Kornswiet
- What He Can Expect When She’s Not Expecting: How to Support Your Wife, Save Your Marriage, and Conquer Infertility! – Marc Sedaka and Gregory Rosen
Termination for Medical Reasons (TMR)
Websites
- – support and in
- – support after terminating a wanted pregnancy
- – support
- – support
Books
Disclaimer: Supporting Empty Arms is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. This means that when you click on an Amazon affiliate link on our website and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. These commissions help us fund our mission to support families on their journey to healing. We appreciate your support in using our affiliate links when shopping on Amazon.
- Our Heartbreaking Choice: Forty-six WOmen Share Their Stories of Interrupting a Much-Wanted Pregnancy – Christie Brooks
- A Gift of Time: Continuing Your Pregnancy When Your Baby’s Life is Expected to be Brief – Amy Kuebelbeck and Deborah Davis
- Rebirth: The Journey of Pregnancy After a Loss – Joey Miller
- An Abortion for Love, Notes From a Friend: A Journal After a Genetic Termination – Dr. Susan Hodge
- Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby – Deborah L. Davis
Parenting After Loss
Bonding with Baby After Loss or Trauma, Postpartum depression and anxiety
Websites
- – Parenting After Loss
- – Parenting After Loss