Note to Bereaved Parents
After loss, it is important to find support and healthy ways to live with grief.
My husband and I sought out a counselor together. It was the best decision for us and it helped us tremendously with navigating our emotions and making sure we didn’t lose sight of one another. Whether you are seeking religious or non-religious resources, it’s important to find a local support group near you. Check with local hospitals, search Google, Facebook, and ask around. I have met some amazing individuals by ‘simply’ taking those initial steps of finding a community. Hopefully, one of the resources below will get you started on feeling connected or help offer a small comfort.
With Love,
Claudia
Website: The Compassionate Friends was founded over 40 years ago when a chaplain at the Warwickshire Hospital in England brought together two sets of grieving parents and realized that the support they gave each other was better than anything he, as a chaplain, could ever say or provide. Meeting around a kitchen table, the Lawleys and the Hendersons were joined by a bereaved mother and the chaplain, Simon Stephens, and The Society of the Compassionate Friends was born. The Compassionate Friends jumped across the ocean and was established in the United States and incorporated in 1978 in Illinois.
Find a TCF Chapter near you, here.
Find related Facebook groups, here.
Request a bereavement packet, here.
Website: Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support is a community for anyone who experiences the tragic death of a baby. We serve parents, grandparents, siblings, and others in the family unit, as well as the professionals who care for grieving families. Share is a national organization with over 75 chapters in 29 states. Our services include bed-side companions, phone support, face-to-face support group meetings, resource packets, private online communities, memorial events, training for caregivers, and so much more. Should you need them, we hope you can also benefit from at least one of these many resources.
Find a Share Chapter near you, here.
Website: Hope Mommies™ exists to bring the Hope of Christ to bereaved mothers and families experiencing infant loss. Our vision is to help every family who experiences infant loss find community, grief resources and ultimately the Hope of Christ which is our unfailing anchor.
Find a Hope Mommies online community, here.
Follow Hope Mommies on Facebook.
Follow Hope Mommies on Instagram.
“I'm just a girl, finding my way through the ups and downs of life, loss, adoption, foster care and infertility ... All while keeping my eyes on Jesus.” - Rachel Lewis
Facebook Group: Brave Mamas
Facebook Page: Rachel Lewis, Speaker & Author
Website: The Lewis Note
Website: Molly Bears exists to create a positive and comforting impact for families enduring any form of infant loss. We create weighted teddy bears for families coping with any form of infant loss. Molly Bears is here to serve as a community of support and comfort. We'll be here for you, we know you'll be here for us too.
Follow Molly Bears on Instagram.
Website: Making necklaces quickly became my passion, and The Cooper Project exists solely to provide a FREE necklace to moms who lose their babies. The Cooper Project runs entirely on donations. Because of this, I started The Cooper Project Etsy shop to offset some of the cost of sending out free necklaces every month. So with every purchase of a necklace in my shop, a loss mother will get a free necklace. The Cooper Project is not a 503(c)(3) yet, but I can assure you that every penny that is donated gets donated as a necklace. - Jen Chappell
Follow The Cooper Project on Facebook.
Follow The Cooper Project on Instagram.
Purchase a necklace on Etsy to support The Cooper Project.