❤️‍🩹 Miscarriage & loss

Two hands form the shape of a heart.

• Local community support

  • SF Bay Area chapter of the Star Legacy Foundation  - a group of parents of stillborn babies. Their mission is to educate the medical community and the public about stillbirth, raise funds for research, and provide support to families who are missing their baby.

  • UCSF Guidance & Support — offers UCSF & external resources for grieving parents

  • HAND of the Bay Area - local support groups & resources, founded in 1979

  • Local churches, synagogues, parishes, mosques, etc.

• Internet-based community support

  • glow in the woods - an online meeting place & forum for “babylost mothers and fathers”

  • Miscarriage Hope Desk - an online support center for miscarriage & recurrent pregnancy loss

• Books

  • Once More We Saw Stars by Jayson Greene

  • Firstborn by Lauren Christensen

  • Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby by Deborah L. Davis, Ph.D.