Loss and Grief Resources

Supportive Websites

• www.bcwomens.ca/health-info/preg​nancy-parenting/miscarriage

• www.bcwomens.ca/health-info/pregnancy-parenting/stillbirth-newborn-loss

• http://miscarriage.about.com/

• www.asrm.org

• www.reproductivefacts.org

• www.miscarriagesupport.org.nz

• www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk

• www.miscarriagehelp.com

• www.hopexchange.com

• www.silentgrief.com​

Community Meet-ups​

• Butterfly Run

• Cradle (New West based, virtual meetings): http://www.emptycradle.bc.ca/

• Compassionate Friends Society - Peer support for parents who have lost a child at any age: http://tcfcanada.net

• BC Women’s Perinatal Loss Support Group (604-875-2619)

• http://still-lifecanada.ca/01/

Online Support Groups

• BC Bereavement Helpline

• MISS Foundation - Online community with forums for grieving families: http://missfoundation.org

• BC Pregnancy After Loss Support group

• BC Childloss Support Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/153242624829948/

• Mothering Your Heart Guided support program for miscarriage, infertility, baby loss, child loss *run by former BC Midwife Shannon Norberg: www.motheringyourheart.com

Online for Dads

• https://grievingdads.com/

• http://tcfcanada.net/

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/738738253158040/about/

• Fathers Grieving Infant LossBlog about fathers' experience of infant loss: fathersgrievinginfantloss.blogspot.ca

Social Media

• www.facebook.com/inourheartsloss

• www.facebook.com/BCHealingHeartsFoundation/

• www.facebook.com/wearestillmothers/

Books​

• https://wisdomexperience.org/product/bearing-unbearable/

• https://refugeingrief.com/book/

• Miscarriage, Women Sharing from the Heart. Marie Allen & Shelley Marks

• A Silent Sorrow. Pregnancy Loss: Guidance and Support for You and Your Family. Ingrid Kohn and Perry-Lynn Moffitt and Isabelle Wilkins (Available for borrowing through the Family Support and Resource Centre)

• Surviving Miscarriage: You are Not Alone. Stacy McLaughlin

• Miscarriage, Medicine and Miracles: Everything You Need to Know About Miscarriage by Bruce Young and Amy Zavatto"

Milk Donation for Bereaved Parents ​

• Lactation after Loss (Pamphlet): http://motherwear.typepad.com/files/final-us-lactation-after-loss-brochure.pdf

• BC Milk Bank Donor information*No minimum donation required for bereaved donors www.bcwomens.ca/our-services/labour-birth-post-birth-care/milk-bank/donating-milk