~This page will be continually updated as more helpful resources are found~
~Please share resources you have found in the comments below and I will add them here~
Pinterest Board
In addition to the resources listed below, I have also created a Miscarriage and Infant Loss board on Pinterest. I invite you to look there for many more articles and resources than when is listed below.
After Miscarriage: A Catholic Woman's Companion to Healing and Hope by Karen Edmisten
Angels in my Heart by Kathleen Olowin
A Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss - Guidance and Support for you and your Family by Ingrid Kohn and Perry-Lynn Moffitt
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of your Baby by Deborah L. Davis
When a Pregnancy Ends in Miscarriage by Rose Carlson (Liguori Publications, 2007): Pamphlet written be a mother and counselor who has experienced this tragic loss. Includes Catholic teaching on funerals for unborn children.
When Hello Means Goodbye by Paul Kirk
Books for Children
Something Happened: A Book for Children and Parents who have experienced Pregnancy Loss by Cathy Blanford
Someone Came Before You by Pat Schwiebert
We were going to have a Baby, but we had an Angel instead by Pat Schwiebert
Blogs/Websites
Elizabeth Ministry, International: an international movement designed to offer hope and healing for women and their families on issues related to childbearing, sexuality, and relationships.
Plot Line and Sinker: Baby Loss: resources for after baby loss on author and NFP advocate Ellen Gable's blog
The Apostolate of Hannah's Tears
Catholic Miscarriage Support
Remembering Our Babies, October 15: The official site of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
Memorials
The Shrine of the Holy Innocents, Book of Life (New York City)
Shrine of the Holy Innocents at Eden Hill, Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception (Stockbridge, MA)
Kentucky Memorial for the Unborn (Frankfort, KY)
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation, "administers a network of more than 12,000 volunteer photographers in the United States and 40 countries. At a family's request, a NILMDTS Affiliated Photographer will come to your hospital or hospice location and conduct a sensitive and private portrait session. The portraits are then professionally retouched and presented to the families on an archival DVD or CD that can be used to print portraits of their cherished baby." --from the website.
Prayers and Blessings
Miscarriage Prayer and a Blessing of Parents after a miscarriage from EWTN
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Sympathy Gifts
The Comfort Company: Miscarriage and Infant Loss
Plants rather than flowers are always best
In Time of Sorrow: Loss of Spouse, Child, Parent, Sibling, etc.
La Belle Dame: jewelry to nurture and support the spirit Miscarriage, still birth, and early infant loss sympathy cards and jewelry
God bless you Kerri, thank you for sharing your post about your losses and baptism. Some people still feel that they must batize miscarried babies your posts truly helped add to the mission of Hannah's Tears as I linked it to the Facebook page. You have been a source of blessing as there are some souls that can not trust in the mercy of God.
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Therese Garcia
I also go on pilgrimage to the Sorrowful Mother Shrine in Bellevue Ohio to honor my babies.
ReplyDeleteAnne, that's such a great idea. I love the idea of a pilgrimage and the Sorrowful Mother is so appropriate. Thanks!
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