Bereavement Resources
Support after loss is a crucial step in healthy healing. Please don’t walk your journey alone. Below you will find a list of regional and national birth resources for pregnancy loss, infertility and still birth.
Northern Colorado Resources
Grief Support:
- 3Hopeful Hearts (Northern Colorado)
- Pathways Hospice (Northern Colorado)
- Colorado Pregnancy and Newborn Loss Services
- Center for Loss
- Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep Northern Colorado
- Connections
Support Groups
Northern Colorado Funeral Resources
Photographers
Lactation Resources and Decision Making:
Wedding Gown Donations
- Wedding Gown Donations – Denver, Colorado – A group of volunteers that turn wedding gowns into burial gowns for precious angel babies that never make it home from the hospital.
National Grief and Loss Resources
Miscarriage and Stillbirth Websites and Groups
- Stillbirthday – Support prior to, during and after birth in any trimester
- Pregnancy After Loss Support – PALS supports courageous mamas pregnant again after a loss through connection with peers, awareness in the community, education of providers, and advocacy around the world – including a secure app for bereaved parents.
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
- Center for Loss in Multiple Birth (CLIMB)
- Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support, Inc. – Pregnancy and infant loss support
- A Heartbreaking Choice – Support for those who have terminated a much wanted pregnancy
- Masters In Counseling: Coping With Loss – 115 helpful websites on grief and bereavement
- The Compassionate Friends – Supporting family after a child dies
- Miss Foundation – Counseling, advocacy, research, and education services to families experiencing the death of a child
- Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death (MEND) – Miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss support
- Circle and Bloom – Free, guided meditation for healing and recovery
- First Candle Program – Support for families who have experienced infant loss
- Grieving Parents Support Group – Support for grieving parents
Infertility Support Groups
- RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association (and Pregnancy Loss) – Support groups and resources
- RESOLVE Support Groups – Denver
- Sarah’s Laughter – Christian support for infertility and baby loss
- Fort Collins Infertility Support Group
Products for Physical Healing and Support
- Caring Bridge – Free website service to share your story
- Meal Train – Coordinate meals and support for a family
- Nestled in the NICU – Support for families with babies in the NICU
- Angels Above Baby Gowns – Denver
- Purposeful Gift – Organ and tissue donation
Memory/Comfort Boxes
- Angels Above Baby Gowns – Denver – A group of volunteers that turn wedding gowns into burial gowns for precious angel babies that never make it home from the hospital.
- Project Sweet Peas – Treasured keepsakes for bereaved families
- Through the Heart Comfort Kits
- Hannah’s Hope Boxes – A box filled with resources to help families grieve pregnancy losses
- Perfect Joy Ministries – Boxes and burial blankets for child and pregnancy loss
Pregnancy After Loss
Books and Articles for Parents & Families
Books for Adults
- “Helping Someone Through Pregnancy Loss” – Blog by Elizabeth Petrucelli
- “Still Standing” – Articles and stories
- “The Wilderness of Grief: Finding Your Way (Understanding Your Grief)” – by Alan Wolfelt
- “Healing Your Grieving Heart After Miscarriage: 100 Practical Ideas for Parents and Families (The 100 Ideas Series)“ – by Alan Wolfelt
- “Modern Loss: Candid Conversation About Grief. Beginners Welcome.“ – by Rebecca Soffer
- “Three Minus One: Stories of Parents’ Love and Loss” – by She Writes Press
- “Unspeakable Losses: Healing From Miscarriage, Abortion, And Other Pregnancy Loss” – by Kim Kluger-Bell
- “All That is Seen and Unseen: A Journey Through a First Trimester Miscarriage” – by Elizabeth Petrucelli
- “Empty Cradle: Surviving the Death of Your Baby” – by Fulcrum Publishing
- “A Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss – Guidance and Support for You and Your Family (Revised and Updated 2nd Edition)” – by Kohm & Moffitt
- “A Time to Decide a Time to Heal: For Parents Making Difficult Decisions About Babies They Love” – by M. Minnick
- “Empty Arms: Hope and Support for Those Who Have Suffered a Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Tubal Pregnancy” – by Multnomah
- “Empty Arms: Coping With Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death” – by Sherokee Ilse
- “Grieving the Child I Never Knew: A Devotional for Comfort in the Loss of Your Unborn or Newly Born Child” – by Zondervan
- “Ended Beginnings: Healing Childbearing Losses” – by Claudia Panuthos & Catherine Romeo
- “Finding Hope When a Child Dies: What Other Cultures Can Teach Us” – by Sukie Miller
- “Good Grief: 50th Anniversary Edition” – by Granger E. Westburg
- “Life Touches Life: A Mother’s Story of Stillbirth and Healing” – by Lorriane Ash
- “Miscarriage: A Shattered Dream” – by Sherokee Ilse & Linda Hammer Burns
- “Remembering Our Angels: Personal Stories of Healing from a Pregnancy Loss” – by Hannah Stone
- “Stuck for Words: What to Say to Someone Who Is Grieving” – by Doris Zagdanski
- “Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss” – by Pat Schweibert
- “Still: A Collection of Honest Artwork and Writings from the Heart of a Grieving Mother” – by Stephanie Paige Cole
- “Unspeakable Losses: Understanding the Experience of Pregnancy Loss, Miscarriage, and Abortion” – by Kim Kluger-Bell
- “When a Grandchild Dies: What to Do, What to Say, How to Cope” – by Nadine Galinsky
- “About What Was Lost: 20 writers on Miscarriage, Healing and Hope” – by Jessica Berger Gross
Books for Children
- “Maybe Tomorrow?” – by Charlotte Agell
- “Am I Still a Sister?” – by Alicia Sims
- “Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children” – by Mellonie & Ingpen
- “Something Very Sad Happened: A Toddler’s Guide to Understanding Death” – by Bonnie Zucker
- “The Invisible String” – by Patrice Karst
- “No New Baby: For Siblings Who Have a Brother or Sister Die Before Birth” – by Marilyn Gryte
- “Something Happened: A Book for Children and Parents Who Have Experienced Pregnancy Loss” – by Something Happened Handbook
- “Sad Isn’t Bad: A Good-Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing with Loss (Elf-Help Books for Kids)” – by Michaelene Mundy
- “Someone Came Before You” – by Pat Schweibert (for ages 2-6)
- “A Rainbow Baby Story: The Rainbow After the Storm (Explain It To Me!) (Volume 2)” – by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- “My Baby Big Sister: A Book for Children Born Subsequent to a Pregnancy Loss” – by CreateSpace
- “To My Rainbow Baby With Love” – by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- “The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages” – by Leo Buscaglia
- “When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death (Dino Life Guides for Families)” – by Laurie Krasny Brown
- “When Something Terrible Happens: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief” – by Marge Heegaard
- “Where’s Jess: For Children Who Have a Brother or Sister Die” – by Jody Goldstein
- “I Miss You: A First Look at Death” – by Barron’s Educational Series
Books for Professionals
- “A Caregiver’s Handbook to Perinatal Loss” – by Gary Vogel
- “Death and Bereavement Across Cultures: Second edition” – by Colin Murray Parkes
- “Giving Care, Taking Care : Support for the Helpers” – by Sherokee Ilse
- “Grieving in the NICU-Supporting Families and the Health Team When a Baby Dies” – Film by Dan Duffy
- “When a Child Dies: How Pediatric Physicians and Nurses Cope” – by Robert McKelvey
- “When a Baby Dies: A Handbook for Healing and Helping” – by Rana Limbo & Sara Wheeler
- “Companioning at a Time of Perinatal Loss: A Guide for Nurses, Physicians, Social Workers, Chaplains and Other Bedside Caregivers” – by Jane Heustis RN
- “Birth, Breath, and Death: Meditations on Motherhood, Chaplaincy, and Life as a Doula” – by Amy Wright Glen
- “Nurturing the Family: The Guide for Postpartum Doulas” – by Jacqueline Kellehner
- “Infertility Counseling” – by Covington & Hammer-Burns
- “SIDS & Infant Death Survival Guide: Information & Comfort for the Grieving Families & Professionals Who Seek to Help Them” – by Joani Nelson Horchler & Robin Rice
I am continually updating this list to provide the most current and accurate resources. If you are a Northern Colorado professional who would like your services listed here, please contact me.
If you are a loss family and worked with a Northern Colorado business who provided you excellent support and would like to see them listed, please contact me and provide their information so I may get it added to the website.
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