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Angel Babies Forever Loved (Chat Site) (Support Site)
“Angel Babies Forever Loved, Inc., is a non-profit corporation established to support grieving parents of infants. Whether from miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal loss, or SIDS, we all share in the loss of our babies.” Some of the information this site provides includes grief information such as the following articles: What is Grief, No Right or Wrong Way to Mourn, He Sighs/She Cries, Help for the Holidays. This site also offers the following support and encouragement features: Message Boards (for grieving mothers, fathers, grandparents, friends & family), Chat rooms, and support listservs. The site offers the following: Memorial Pages, Daddy’s Corner, Grandparent’s Page, Subsequent Pregnancy, Multiples Network, Keepsake ideas, links and much more.
Bereaved Families of Ontario
(Support Site)
This site offers inspirational support to anyone who has experienced a loss. It is created by “an association of families who have lost children, siblings and parents through death.” Some of the information this site provides includes grief information such as what is grief, rights of the grieving, feeling crazy, painful myths about grief, time to mourn, and other helpful information. The site is filled with related links, memorials, poetry, personal stories and other inspirational thoughts. Some of the articles related to grief include: “Elements of Healing”, “What do I need?” (to help with grieving and healing), “Appropriate Expectations about Yourself in Grief” and much more.
Houston’s Aid in Neonatal Death
“H.A.N.D. is a support group for parents whose babies have died any time from conception through late infancy. Our mission is to help parents cope with feelings of grief and isolation which accompany infant death.” This site offers useful information on the concept of grief. The “Information for Parents” section discusses the following topics: Decision Making, Understanding and Coping with Grief (suggestions to help through with mourning), Phases of Grief (shock, numbness, denial, disorganization, guilt, anger, depression, reorganization, and acceptance), Changes in Your Relationship with Your Partner, Surviving Kids (the “forgotten grievers”), and Things for Parents to Say (tips on expression your needs). There is also a caregiver information section where perinatal loss and guidelines for positive intervention are discussed. The site also offers a newsletter filled with information as well as a poetry and writing section where parents can unburden some their grief through creative expression.
Hygeia.org (Chat Site) (Support Site)
“The Hygeia Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization whose mission is to provide educational resource centers for Maternal and Child Health and perinatal, neonatal and early childhood loss and bereavement in medically underserved and economically disadvantaged neighborhood communities, locally, nationally and internationally.” This site provides information under the following headings: Pregnancy and Newborn Loss, Seriously ill newborns and children, Siblings, Maternal and child health, Poetry of loss and hope. This site is maintained by Michael R. Berman, M.D. This site features a message board and private chat-rooms.
Miscarriage: Surviving Pregnancy Loss
This is an informative page that discusses grief due to pregnancy loss. Some of the topics include: The grief process, Your next pregnancy, Medical preparation for subsequent pregnancy according to causes of pregnancy loss, You can survive pregnancy loss, and Your healing rights. This information was written by Jody Earle and Luba Djurdjinovic and the Educational Materials Advisory Committee of the Ferre Institute, with Derwent A. Suthers as editor.
Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Support (Western Australia) (Support Site)
“SANDS gathers together families sharing an event. We help to heal the pain and are united in our grief. We work towards the future, and never forget the past.” This site is filled with information on grief as well as support tools. The site offers poems, stories, personal stories, and a bulletin board to help parents share their pain with others. The site also offers grief information such as “What is grief” or “Understanding Man’s Grief”. The site also offers informative articles to help parents deal with the many aspects surrounding the loss of a child such as: Helping Children with Grief, How to avoid Listera Infection, Hints on coping and bereavement, Subsequent pregnancy after a loss, and much more. The site is filled with practical information and offers links to other related sites.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Other Infant Death
This is an excellent site dedicated to: “eliminate Sudden Infant Death Syndrome through the support of SIDS research projects, provide support for those who have been touched by the tragedy of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and raise public awareness of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome through education.” The site is filled with information such as the relationship between SIDS and sleep, smoking, apnea/monitoring, vaccinations, hypoventilation, sleeping positions, cytomegalovirus, sweating, pinkish froth and much more. The site offers a Risk Reducing page which is offered in 14 different languages. The site also features grief information such as myths and common advice, the bereaved couple guide, grandparents and grief, helping those that are grieving and much more. There are numerous pictures and memorials posted to help parents stay connected and share their pain with others. The memorials are available in still picture, audio as well as videotape format.
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