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~Phone Support & Crisis Hotlines
- First Candle offers 24/7 phone support in English and Spanish: 800.221.7437 lori@firstcandle.org
- COPEline offers phone support (leave a message if it’s after hours and a volunteer will call you back): 516.364.COPE (2673)
- National Council of Jewish Women free phone support (212) 687-5030 ext. 28 or at plsp@ncjwny.org
- US National Suicide Prevention Hotline offers 24/7 confidential support: 800.273.TALK
- Grassroots Crisis Hotline: 410.531.6677
- SIDS Hotline (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome): 800.232.SIDS (7437)
- Focus on the Family Christian counseling hotline and resources
- Canada Crisis Line: 888.322.3019
- Canada Suicide Prevention Hotline: 877.435.7170
- Finley’s Footprints offers Hope Coaching from the UK
- Samaritans.org offers Suicide Prevention support in UK/Ireland
- Befrienders offers crisis support and suicide prevention by country
- Germany has a Suicide Prevention program (and here’s another one)
- Australia offers a LifeLine
- Suicide prevention in Belgium
- Brazil offers suicide prevention support
- Crisis hotline support in Denmark
- Finland offers crisis support
- Suicide prevention in Hong Kong
- Israel has crisis support
- Suicide prevention in Netherlands
- Norway suicide prevention
- Crisis support in South Korea
- Taiwan suicide prevention
There are also valuable postpartum mood disorder resources, including hotlines and websites, when you navigate here.
~Books
For Mothers
- The Invisible Pregnancy – Heidi Faith
- I Miss His Everything – Dawn Gilner
- All That is Seen and Unseen – Elizabeth Petrucelli
- Asleep in Heaven’s Nursery – Tommy Mann
- What Was Lost – Elise Erikson Barrett
- Grieving the Child I Never Knew – Kathe Wunnenburg
- Empty Arms – Sherokee Isle
- In Faithfulness, He Afflicted Me – Lynnette Kraft
- Still: Artwork and Writings – Stephanie Paige Cole
- Your Baby is Safe – Melissa Yuan-Innes MD
- Naming the Child – Jenny Schroedel
- When Hello Means Goodbye – Kirk & Schwiebert
- Beautiful Pain – Mary Welch
- Tear Soup – Schweibert, DeKlyen & Bills
- Sopa de Lagrimas (Tear Soup in Spanish)
For Couples
- Couple Communication After a Baby Dies – Ilse & Nelson
- Heaven is For Real – Todd Burpo
- Parenthood Lost – Michael Burma MD
- A Bereaved Father – Steve Younis (mens grief)
- A Guide for Fathers – Tim Nelson (mens grief)
- Swallowed by a Snake – Thomas R. Golden (mens grief)
- Butterbean – Brandon Roberts PhD (mens grief)
- A Man You Know is Grieving – Thomas R. Golden (mens grief)
Strengthening Marriage/Relationship
For LGBTQ+
- And Tango Makes Three (fertility struggle)
- Pregnancy for Lesbians
- Lesbian Miscarriage
- Untold Stories
From Mothers of Color
- Welcoming Spirit Home
- A Mother’s Heart
- Two Consecutive Miscarriages
- From Crisis to Purpose
- Building a Family Breaks My Heart
For Fertility Struggle
- Building a Family Breaks My Heart
- Remembering Our Angels – Hannah Stone
- Sarah’s Laughter – books on infertility
- Navigating Land of If – Melissa Ford (on infertility)
For The Disabled Mother
For Grandparents
- For Bereaved Grandparents – Margaret Gerner (grandparent grief)
- When a Grandchild Dies: What to Do, What to Say, How to Cope – Nadine Galinsky (grandparent’s grief)
- Grandma’s Tears – June Kolf (grandparent grief)
For Carrying to Term
- I Will Carry You – Angie Smith
- Grief Unseen – book on cultivating art therapy through grief
- Carrying On (workbook) – Darlene Viggiano
- Still to be Born – Pat Schwiebert
For Not Carrying to Term
For Selective Reduction
For Subsequent Pregnancy
- Motherhood after Miscarriage – Dr. Kathleen Diamond
For Children/Siblings
- books for children gives a complete listing as well as additional support specifically for children through loss and grief
Teen Parents & Loss
- Emma Finds Her Way
- Creating a Life – Corbin Lewars (on rape and loss)
Rape & Loss
- Emma Finds Her Way
- Creating a Life – Corbin Lewars (on rape and loss)
Perspectives for Providers
- The Midwife and the Bereaved Family – Jane Warland
- The Invisible Pregnancy – Heidi Faith (helpful for doulas to parallel pregnancy & birth to grief & healing)
- Reading List for SBD Doulas includes several more valuable titles
- Footprints on my Heart – Molly Remer
For More Titles & Reading by Subject:
Please visit our Support by Type of Loss page, which will lead you through our supportive explanations, networking resources and often includes additional subject-specific titles. You can also visit our Library of Personal Stories and share your own with us. If you’d like to be sure to see a book title listed right here on this page, simply use the box below to tell us about it.
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~Bereavement Diversity Books
More Reading, Researching & Understanding Grief
- Resources for Fathers
- Creativity through Grief
- Research on Grief
- Religious & cultural perspectives & resources
Newsletters
- M.E.N.D. (Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death)
- U.T.P.A.I.L. (United through Pregnancy and Infant Loss)
- Still Standing online magazine
Online Groups and Websites
