Organizations
  Infant Bereavement Photography
   Stories of poor prenatal diagnosis
   Perinatal Hospice
   Pregnancy/Infant loss support
   Pregnancy Support
   Research/information on different anomolies
  Pregnancy/Infant loss support
  Financial Support (outside of FL)
   Pregnancy Support
  Infant Loss Awareness Day
   Pregnancy Resources
   Infant loss support
   Infant loss support
   Waiting with Love Pregnancy Support
   NICU Support
Memory Boxes
   Infant Loss Support
   Financial Assistance PA and MD
   Infant loss support

 

Informational
http://archives.cnn.com/1999/HEALTH/women/12/23/breast.milk.angles.wmd/  Banking breastmilk

http://www.marchofdimes.com/Baby/loss_indepth.html   Loss and Grief

http://www.griefwatch.com/info/how_to_help_your_children.htm   Loss and Grief for children

 

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/air/air_vol17no2_2002.html   Perinatal Hospice

 

http://kidshealth.org:80/parent/system/ill/nicu_caring.html    NICU

 

www.angelabode.com/holidayideas.html   Holidays after losing a baby

www.aaplog.org/aaplog-physician-directory/   Pro-life OBGYNs

 

Diagnosis
Anencephalie  
Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease  
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia  
Congenital Heart Defects  
Cystic Hygroma  
Holoprosencephaly  
Hydrocephalus  
Potters Syndrome  
Posterior Urethral Valves   and
Spina Bifida  
Trisomy   and
Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome  

 

Retail

 

Hospitals
   USF Tampa Fetal Care Center

   Boston Children's Hospital

 

   The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

 

   University of California, San Francisco Children's Hospital

 

Local Support Groups
   Compassionate Friends Space Coast Chapter

 

   Brightstar,  A Special Place for Grieving Children,  321-733-7672

 

Remembering through Sharing- Infant loss support group in Indialantic, FL. Contact: Tammy Mussler (321)698-5071
The third Tuesday of each month at: 150 Coconut Ave, Indialantic, FL, 7PM-9PM

 

Griefshare Loss of a Child group- Calvary Chapel in Melbourne,

 

Elizabeth Ministries-
Support for women going through various issues including miscarriages.

 

The Tears Foundation Support group:
The third Thursday of each month from 6-8 PM.  BeginAgain Children's Grief Center, 655 N Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32114

 

Winnie Palmer Support Group (Orlando)-  2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. Contact: Laura Barton, LCSW (321) 841-1048

 

Florida Hospital- H.E.A.L. (Helping Endure Infant Loss)
Seven-week series for parents experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death. Lead by a male and female licensed mental        health counselor.
        FH Barker Conference Center
        Four times each year, 7-9 p.m.
        Free but you must pre-register at 407.303.5715

 

 

Grief Counseling
Candace Cowan, M.S., LMHC     
Adult and Child Counseling and Psychiatric Center
5545 N. Wickham, Suite 110
Melbourne, FL  32940
321-779-9838 x36

Candace is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with over 25 years experience in the counseling field. She maintains a general counseling practice addressing anxiety, depression and bereavement for older children through adulthood. Candace’s practice involves a special emphasis on maternal health, addressing reproductive challenges, pregnancy loss, and postpartum depression and adjustment.  Learning skills to cope with the fears that appear during a subsequent pregnancy after a loss are also a specialty of her practice.  Candace co-facilitates a perinatal loss support group in Brevard County for those who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death.

Blogs
Bring the Rain  

 

He will Carry Me  

 

The Miracle of Matthew  

 

Through My Mother's Eyes  

 

Waiting for Happy  

 

Books
Waiting for Gabriel, A Story of Cherishing a Baby's Brief Life   Amy Kuebelbeck

 

I'll Hold You in Heaven   Jack Hayford

 

I WIll Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy   Angie Smith

 

Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby   Deborah Davis

 

A Gift of Time: Continuing Your Pregnancy When Your Baby's Life is Expected  to be Brief   Kuebelbeck, Davis

 

Threads of Hope, Pieces of Joy: A Pregnancy Loss Bible Study   Gwen Kik, Teale Fackler

 

Gift of a Lifetime   Focus on the Family  (Booklet)

 

Bittersweet Hellogoodbye: A Resource in Planning Farewell Rituals When a Baby Dies   Jane Lamb

 

Loving and Letting Go: For Parents Who Decided to Turn Away from Aggressive Medical Intervention for their Critically Ill Newborns  Deborah Davis

 

Children also Grieve:  Talking About Death and Healing   Linda Goldman

 

How to Help When Parents Grieve   Holly Fox Vellekoop

 

Resources