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A Place To Remember
“A Place To Remember believes that the trauma of problem pregnancy or the death of an infant often leaves people, especially parents, feeling as though they have no one to talk to. This is especially true as time passes and friends and relatives expect you to "move on with your life,” or that you "should be over it by now." We believe that probably the best thing to do is express your questions, concerns and opinions, and this page is meant to give everyone a forum.” This forum is monitored for content and malicious postings. “This page is being overseen by a web master who asks that you keep your questions, concerns and opinions concise and to the point. The web master reserves the right to edit, and to reject for distribution, items that are off the topic, libelous or slanderous”

Angel Babies Forever Loved Chatroom
This chat room is scheduled for Mondays 9-11 p.m. EST. It offers support to grieving parents who have lost their babies to either stillbirth, miscarriage, or any other neonatal death.

Arthritis Open Forum
“This open forum was developed so that people with arthritis could share and benefit from each other's experiences. You might choose to just "browse" this area for a while, but please don't hesitate to get involved.”

AVON- Women
The Crusade AVON's Breast Cancer Awareness and support group.

Breast Cancer Action Nova Scotia
This is a chat group discussing personal experiences of living with breast cancer. It is from a Canadian site.

ePregnancy Talk - Index
“Meet other expectant parents online and share ideas via our message boards and other forums!” This is a message board that discusses the many issue of pregnancy. There are numerous bulletin boards categorized according to topics.

iVillage.com: The Women’s Network - Chat Central
The iVillage Network offers chat functions on topics such as health, beauty, computing, diet and fitness, food, home and garden, finances, parenting, relationships, travel and more.

Menopause Mailing List (listserv)
Discussion of menopause and sharing of remedies. Send message to : LISTSERV@PSUHMC.HMC.PSU.EDU First Line of Message: subscribe MENOPAUS (your first and last name) (the “e” must be dropped from menopause within the message) To unsubscribe send message to : LISTSERV@PSUHMC.HMC.PSU.EDU Message: signoff MENOPAUS

Multiple Miscarriages Online Support
“Welcome to the Multiple Miscarriages Online Support Center, a forum open only to women who have had multiple miscarriages. Because this is a closed area, members can communicate freely and openly with each other without the worry of unwanted visitors. We hope that you will enjoy your visit and make the most of this opportunity express your concerns, offer your support, or share your knowledge and experiences with other members.” This support page includes information about the organization and offers live chats as well as listserv support options.

On-line Postpartum Mailing List
Listserv is for “women who are suffering or have suffered from PPD”. It is a way of “providing mother-to-mother support”. To subscribe send message to: ppd-request@blkbox.com Subject line: (please leave blank) Message: subscribe To unsubscribe send message to the above address: unsubscribe

PAM (Pregnancy After Miscarriage)
“This list is now available to support couples either trying to conceive or carrying a baby after any kind of pregnancy loss. Anyone who has been in this situation and wants to offer advice/support is also welcome! To subscribe, send e-mail to pam-request@fensende.com with no subject line (unless your service requires it, then type subscribe), and in the body of the message type only "subscribe" (without the quotes). There is also a digested version of the list available, which means you get the same e-mail, only in fewer total messages. In other words, the digest only goes out once per day unless the messages reach a critical size, then it might go in 2 messages. Use the instructions above, only address your e-mail to pam-digest-request@fensende.com.”

PenParents Chatroom
“It is our hope that you will be able to find comfort here, among friends, as you travel down your grief path.” This chat room is for people on the road of healing from the loss of a child. It is not monitored for accuracy of information.

Postpartum Support International Chat Room
This is a chat room for mothers wanting to discuss the many aspects of postpartum. It is recommended to be visited on Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. US Eastern Time.

Preemies.org
“Preemies.Org was established to help parents of premature infants find other parents using various Internet resources such as the Preemies chat room. It's very comforting to find so many parents and professionals on the Internet who know how difficult it is to have a baby in the NICU.” This page includes parental support through both chat rooms as well as mailing lists.

Something Fishy Chat Center
This site offers 24 hour chats as well as scheduled chats. Some of the chats may be hosted by psychotherapists or the owners of the site who may discuss inspirational thoughts. This site is geared toward support and recovery of people battling with eating disorders.

The Y-ME Tele-Friends Network
“This is a monthly one hour teleconference consisting of a twenty-minute breast cancer-related presentation by a health care professional followed by a ten-minute question and answer session.” To get signed up call toll-free 1-800-221-2141 and ask for Angela before the second Wednesday of each month. You will be given a toll free number to use along with a password.