The Forgotten Grief: Links
"The Forgotten Grief" is only one of many links on the net which can
provide aid, comfort, and information for families experiencing a
perinatal death. Some sites have been on the internet almost from the beginning,
and have extensive helps. Contact the individual organizations for information about
these sites. While we are in accord with most sites listed regarding the nature
and healing processes in bereavement, we are not responsible for the content on
other sites. We appreciate feedback regarding these sites and encourage you to
add your own or others.Email: contact us/add a site Perinatal Bereavement Group-Middletown -NY
"We Will Remember You," 7:30 p.m. fourth Wed., main lobby, Orange Regional Medical Center/Horton campus, Middletown. Support group for parents, couples who have experienced a miscarriage, stillbirth or loss of an infant. Call 888-321-6762."
Perinatal Bereavement Support Group-Jackson Hole Wyoming
*" Perinatal Bereavement Support Group, second Thursday, 7 p.m., Casper Natrona County Health Department,
475 S. Spruce St. The group, designed for families who have experienced a stillbirth, miscarriage or
the death of a newborn or infant, is offered without charge
as a community service. Info: Cheryl Jordan, 577-2378; Bev Dunlap, 235-9340, ext. 544; or Carol Kahn, 265-1190."
Robert H. Wahls Bereavement Center-Poughkeepsie NY
" Sunday, January 7, 2007
Community Almanac
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT
Bereavement services — The Bereavement Center and the Robert H. Wahls Bereavement Center offer individual and group support for grief and loss. Sessions in Dutchess County at The Bereavement Center, 374 Violet Ave., Poughkeepsie, and in Ulster County at 30 Broadway, Kingston. Information: 845-473-2273 ext. 145.
" [Poughkeepsie Journal] Journeys: Stories of Pregnancy After Losspublished by WovenWord Press (www.wovenword.com) follows almost a dozen parents from their loss through their subsequent pregnancy. Each story is penned by the parent. The book begins with a Foreword by Dr. Michael Berman (www.Hygeia.org) and spans first trimester miscarriages, second trimester deliveries, fullterm stillbirth and the loss of an infant at 13 months. We're a group of parents from Long Island New York and we compliled our stories in order to help other families heal. The book is grouped as chapter "pairs" - each loss story is followed by the story on subsequent pregnancy. With a closing chapter by Anna Orologio, LMSW on the importance of experiencing your grief and not "tucking it away," and back cover comments by Ann Douglas (www.Having-A-Baby.com), Michael Nettleton (www.SPALS.com) and Sherokee Ilse (www.WintergreenPress.com), I hope you'll guide me to a place on your website where Journeys can be added. The book is available through me via the website, WovenWord and online booksellers.
Amy L. Abbey, Editor
Approximately 1/2 Stillbirth Bereavment. Responsible for 75 Support Groups around the world, and for the MISSing Angels Bill. Director:Joanne Cacciatore, MSW, Fellow in Thanatology, organization may be reached at:
Miss foundation or
Changing the Way Our Culture Mourns
Probably more than any other group, SHARE has comforted parents
grieving a stillborn. SHARE puts on or aids in National Conferences and
workshops as well as lobbying to aid parents through research, programs, and
recognition of this difficult grief. One of the accolades due SHARE is their
parent-focus; with participants from Grieving Parents, Medical Professionals,
and other Helping/Counseling Professionals including the Clergy.
HAND-HELPING AFTER NEONATAL DEATH
H.A.N.D. is also an International Organization which focuses on Grief in
the Newborn Period. Need a Support Group? HAND can help locate Parent
Support Groups in your area. This site also includes links, resources and
contacts for parents and professionals. Deals also with deaths after birth
when infants survive longer times in hospital and out.
Perhaps the best known of all Child-Bereavement programs,
Compassionate Friends helps grieving parents who have lost a child at all
ages through all causes. Compassionate friends has helping parent-to-parent
counseling/support in most communities now, as well as international offices.
While not focused specifically on Stillbirth and Neonatal Death, Compassionate
Friends provides broad resources for helping the grieving family.
HANNAH MINISTRIES-Christian Organization A Christian Ministry designed to aid through prayer, ministry
and counseling families experiencing infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth and newborn
deaths. Uniquely focused on the spiritual aspects of Loss.
CLIMB- CENTER FOR LOSS IN MULTIPLE BIRTH . C.L.I.M.B., headquartered in Alaska, meets the needs of families
who have suffered the loss of multiple births. Help for the whole family is offered
and deaths of children who were multiple births are also attended to. Parents losing
twins, or multiple sequential babies have problems unique and critical to the
grieving process. C.L.I.M.B. is an excellent resource for this complicated grief.
BEARS FOR BEREAVED MOMMIES,ST.JOHN NB Terra-Lynn Coggan
 Bears for Bereaved Mommies4 Glenview Ave. Saint John, NB E2H 2G5 "Bears for Bereaved Mommies exists to provide caring, confidential, support services to families who experience pregnancy & infant loss. Bears for Bereaved Mommies is a non-profit organization who assist families to positively grieve their loss. Bears for Bereaved Mommies offer support to families who experince pregnancy & Infant loss conception to 1 year to find hope, healing, & reslove. Our program of interest is our Bear Care Distribution Program through which we distribute Bear Care Cubs to indiviuals who experince pregnancy & infant loss. Bears For Bereaved Mommies is based on the fundamental belief that a healthy way to cope with the tragedy of pregnancy & infant loss is to obtain information, seek others who offer empathy & allow oneself to fully experience grief. " [from Terra Lynn Coggan]
Angels of Ours Support Group Director: Karen McMillan, Trident Hospital, South Carolina:843-797-3469.
"Angels of Ours" is an emerging support group, which is parent and hospital based in the Charleston area with a Perinatal Bereavement counselor/facilitator. Groups meet regularly. <"The next meetings are scheduled to be February 18, April 15,Jun 17. We meet from 12:00-2:00. We encourage families to call to register 843-797-3469 because lunch is provided. "
Still No More is a Website and Organization working to find medical management an cure for 'sudden antenatal death." National Stillbirth Society
P.O. Box 10273 Angels of Ours: Support Group: Healthfinders, Charleston, SC Karen McMillan, a Labor and Delivery RN and our Perinatal Loss Coordinator at Trident Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina is RTS Bereavement Coordinator trained and has recently begun a hospital sponsored support group. The group named themselves :Angels of Ours and meet the 3rd Saturday of every other month at HealthFinders, in the local Mall. The next meetings are scheduled to be February 18, April 15,Jun 17.Meetings are from 12:00-2:00. They encourage families to call to register 843-797-3469 because lunch is provided. N
Title taken from "The Forgotten Grief" published in American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1982.
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