You may feel very alone right now, but there is an entire network of pregnancy and infant loss community out there eager to support you in your grief journey. These pages only scratch the surface of resources available to provide you with support. Our hope is that you are able to find resources that are the right fit for you and your family to begin your journey towards healing and creating your beautiful scar.
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- Through the Eyes of the Lion, 2015, Levi Lusko
- Grieving Dads – To The Brink and Back, 2012, Kelly Farley and David Dicola
- The Unspeakable Loss, 2017, Nisha Zenoff
- From Mother to Mother: On the Loss of a Child, 2017, Emily R. Long
- It’s OK that You’re Not OK, 2017, Megan Devine
- Not Broken: An Approachable Guide to Miscarriage and Re-currant Pregnancy Loss, 2018, Lora Shahine MD
- The Baby Loss Guide: Practical and Compassionate Support with a Day by Day Resource to Navigate the Path of Grief, 2019 Zoe Clark-Coates
- I Will Carry You- The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy, 2010, Angie Smith
- When Your Child Dies- Tools for Mending Parents’ Broken Hearts, 2012, Avril Nage and Randie Clark, MA, CCC
- Grieving the Child I Never Knew, 2001, Kathe Wunnenberg
- A Grace Disguised, 1995, 2004, Jerry Sittser
- Safe in the Arms of God – Truth from Heaven about the Death of a child, 2003, John MacArthur
- Living with loss, One day at a time, 2013, Rachel Blythe Kodanaz
- When Men Grieve, 1998, Elizabeth Levang, PhD
- A Silent Sorrow-Pregnancy Loss: Guidance and Support for You and Your Family (Revised and Updated 2nd Edition), 2000, Ingrid Kohn and Perry-Lynn Moffitt
- They Were Still Born, 2010, Janel Atlas
- Empty Cradle Broken Heart, 1996, Deborah Davis
- Three Minus One, 2014, Sean Hanish and Brooke Warner
- An Exact Replica of a Figment of my Imagination, 2010, Elizabeth McCracken
- Miscarriage: Women Sharing from the Heart, 1993, Marie Allen and Shelly Marks
- A Piece of my Heart: Living Through the Grief of Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death, 2000, Molly Fumia
- Life Touches Life: A Mother’s Story of Stillbirth and Healing, 2004, Lorraine Ash
- Grief Unseen: Healing Pregnancy Loss through the Arts, 2006, Laura Seftel
- Pregnancy after a Loss: A Guide to Pregnancy after a Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death, 1999, Carol Cirulli Lanham
- A Guide for Fathers: When a Baby Dies, 2004, Tim Nelson
- Baby Nathan, 2007, Denise Davis
- All that is Seen and Unseen, 2012, Elizabeth Petrucelli
- Healing your Grieving Heart After Stillbirth, 100 Practical Ideas for Parents and Families, 2013, Alan Wolfelt
This is a workbook written by a mother who lost two babies. After her losses, she felt that the concepts of closure, letting go and moving on made her feel isolated and ashamed. She created this book as a guide for grieving through connection, belonging, meaning, peace and joy again. Throughout the book there are self-coaching questions to guide you to new, more liberating perspectives that will allow you to live more wholeheartedly and find some peace, love, and resilience.
This journal was created by a doula after helping her friend deliver her stillborn daughter. The journal is filled with writing and art projects to assist in expressing one’s feelings and opening one’s heart. The thoughtful exercises in the journal encourage you to speak your deepest feelings with in an open and unafraid way, practice self-care, and communicate with others.
Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing after Loss, 2005, Pat Schwiebert & Chuck DeKlyen
We were Gonna Have a Baby, but we had an Angel Instead, 2003, Pat Schwiebert
Someone Came Before You, 2007, Pat Schwiebert
The Invisible String, 2000, Patrice Karst
There are hundreds of blogs written for both men and women regarding infant and childloss. A great place to get started finding a blog that speaks to you here.