While October is International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, these resources are needed throughout the year. Parental mental health is a priority for the NayaCare team and access to care and support through loss is a critical aspect of parental care. The resources below are primarily available throughout the United States, but there are some that are specific to Colorado. If there are additional resources that you or someone you know has found helpful, let us know in the cooments.
- From hurt to healing
- free booklet from the March of Dimes for grieving parents
- Share Your Story
- March of Dimes online community for families to share experiences with prematurity, birth defects or loss
- Centering Corporation
- grief information and resources
- Center for Loss in Multiple Birth, Inc.
- for families who have lost a multiple
- Compassionate Friends
- support for families after the death of a child
- First Candle
- support for families with children who died of SIDS or preventable stillbirth
- International Stillbirth Alliance
- Perinatal Hospice & Palliative Care
- for parents who find out during pregnancy that their baby has a life-limiting condition
- Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support
- resources for families with pregnancy or infant loss
- Star Legacy Foundation
- support for families who have had a stillbirth
- Colorado pregnancy and newborn loss services
- Grief companion support
- Colorado Children’s Hospital: grief and bereavement services
- SAMHSA’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
- SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.
- http://infantlossresources.org/
- Miss Foundation
- Counseling resources ,trauma and grief counseling around child loss
- Neonatal Infant Rememberance
- free of charge photography
- Still Birthday
- directory for finding bereavement doulas
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