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Reference Materials To Help You Through a Loss

Please find listed below a list of reference materials that are recommended to help you if you have experienced a loss

BOOKS:

Miscarriage: Women Sharing from the Heart. by Marie Allen, PhD and Shelly Marks, MS. John Willey & Sons, Inc. 1993.

I'll Hold you in Heaven: (Healing and hope for the parent who has lost a child through miscarriage, stillbirth, abortion or early infant death) by Jack Hayford

Mommy, Please don't cry by Linda DeYamez

Roses in December by Marilyn Willett Heavilin

Stillborn The Invisible Death by John DeFrain

Still to be Born: (A guide for bereaved parents who are making decisions about their future) by Pat Schwiebert, RN & Paul Kirk

Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: (Surviving the death of your baby) by Deborah L. Davis, Ph.D.

Surviving Pregnancy Loss: MPH (A complete source book for women and their famlies) by Rochelle Friedman, MD and Bonnie Gradstein

Anguish of Loss by Julie Fritsch and Sherokee Ilse

Newborn Death by Joy and Marvin Johnson

Let Your Heart Not Be Troubled by Norman Vincent Peale

She Was Born, She Died by Marion Cohen

Footsteps Through The Valley by Darcie D. Sims

Empty Arms by Sherokee Ilse

Not Just Another Day by Missy Lowery

Comfort Us Lord, Our Baby Died by Norman Hagley, D. Min.

Christmas Box and Timepiece by Richard Paul Evans

Unsung Lullabiesby H.A.N.D. Our Children Forever by Joel Martin and Patricia Romanowski

A Deeper Shade of Grace by Bernadette Keaggy

Silent Birth by Sharon Covington

What Family and Friends Can Do by Sherokee Ilse

Healing Together by Marcie Lister and Sandra Lovell

Quiet Us by Jean Gunderson and Donna Harris

Thumpy's Story by Nancy Dodge

Pregnancy After A Loss by Abbott Northwestern Hospital

When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold Kushner

Notes From Baby Angel Grace by Marian Behnke and Laura Lanier

Mommy Please Don't Cry by DeYmaz

Dear Parents Letters to Bereaved Parents by Centering Corporation

The Toughest Days of Grief by Meg Woodson

A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis

The Andrew Poems by Shelly Wagner

Health Provider's Manual for Helping After Perinatal Loss by H.A.N.D

Ended Beginnings by Claudia Panuthos and Catherine Romeo

Embraced By The Light by Betty Eadie

When Pregnancy Isn't Perfect, A Layperson's Guide to Complications in Pregnancy by Laurie A. Rich (who's first pregnancy which inspired this book resulted in the loss of one of her premature twins)

MAGAZINES:

Bereavement Publishing, Inc. 8133 Telegraph Dr. Colorado Springs, Co. 80920 phone # 719-282-1948

ORGANIZATIONS DISTRIBUTING PREGNANCY LOSS BOOKS AND GRIEF MATERIALS (call them for catalogs containing book descriptions)

Perinatal Loss Specializing in birth/death announcements 2116 N.E. 18th Ave. Portland, OR 97212 503-284-7426I

CEA Bookmarks P.O. Box 20048 Minneapolis, MN 55420 800-624-4934

Birth and Life 141 Commercial St. NE Salem, Oregon 97301 503-371-4445

Centering Corporation 1531 N. Saddle Creek Rd. Omaha, NE 68104 402-553-1200

Wintergreen Press 3630 Eileen St. Maple Plain, MN 55359 612-476-1303

Compassion Book Service 216 Via MonteWalnut Creek, CA 94598 510-933-0830


NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS - UNITED STATES - (many have newsletters you can get)

SHARE St. Joseph Health Center 300 First Capitol Dr.St. Charles, MO 63301-2893 314-947-6164

Pen-Parents, Inc. P.O. Box 8738 Reno, NV 89507-8738 702-826-7332

The Compassionate Friends P.O. Box 3696 Oak Brook, IL 60522 708-990-0010

Pregnancy/Infant Loss Ctr. 1415 East Wayzata Blvd. #30 Wayzata, MN 55391 612-473-9372

A.M.E.N.D. (Aiding a mother & father experiencing neonatal death) 4324 Berrywick Terrace St. Louis, MO 63128 314-487-7582

ARLS (Assoc. for recognizing the life of stillborns) 11128 W. Frost Ave. Littleton, CO 80127 303-978-9517

Reach Out to Parents of an Unknown Child, Inc. 555 N. Country Rd. St. James, NY 11780 516-862-6743

Resolve Through Sharing LaCrosse-Lutheran Hospital 1910 South Ave. LaCrosse, WI 54601 608-785-0530

Lifeside Lines (Bedrest support) P.O. Box 1808 Laguna Beach, CA 92652 714-497-5722

SIDS Network 9 Gonch Farm Rd.Ledyard, CT 06339 800-560-1454

CLIMB (center for loss in multiple births) P.O. Box 1064 Palmer, AK 99645 907-746-6123

M.E.N.D. (mommies enduring neonatal death) P.O. Box 1007 Coppell, TX 75019 888-695-MEND (toll free)


NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS - CANADA - (many have newsletters you can get)

Pen-Parents of Canada P.O. Box 52548 RPO Coquitlam Centre, Coquitlam BC V3B 7J4

Caring Beyond (support group for parents following miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth or neonatal death) 403-249-1131


LINKS TO SUPPORT GROUPS/REFERENCE INFORMATION AVAILABLE OVER THE INTERNET

Parents Place Bulletin Boards/Chats - board available for almost any topic

Parent Soup bulletin boards - all sorts of topics available

Pen-Parents - Everything from a poetry page to bulletin boards and chats

Pen Pal Page For Bereaved Parents

Our Hearts Will Go On Site

Angel Babies ~ Forever Loved

Dads Corner - A page for grieving fathers

Caring Beyond Home Page

Letters To Sarah - Surviving Stillbirth


If you know of any other reference materials that you would like me to add to my list, please e-mail me and I will be happy to add them.


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