Please accept our deepest sympathy for your loss. Grief is a difficult journey, especially when it involves the loss of one so precious.

Losing a child is an unimaginable pain, and no one should have to navigate this journey alone. This collection of resources is here to offer support, guidance, and comfort to families who have experienced such loss. From grief counseling and support groups to practical advice and memorial options, we are dedicated to helping you find the tools and community you need to heal. Know that you are not alone, and there is help available to walk with you through this difficult time.

Support & Counseling

LOCAL RESOURCES

  • Rachel’s Gift—Partnership with Bravera Health Spring Hill; grief support, provides memorial items, support groups, events
  • The Monarch Center—Located in Ocala, serves Marion county; bereavement support and counseling
  • Healing Hearts Bereavement Support—Individual, group, family support via Telehealth or in person (Lake City, Gainesville, Palatka, Chiefland—time and location on website)
  • Alachua County Crisis Center—provides 24/7 crisis intervention to Alachua county and surrounding areas. Phone: 352-264-6789

FLORIDA RESOURCES

  • Share—Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support-Online weekly group chats, closed support groups

NATIONAL RESOURCES

FACEBOOK SUPPORT

Memorial Items

LOCAL RESOURCES

  • First Candle—Informational resources, support groups, memorial items
  • Rachels’s Gift—Grief support, memorial items, support groups, events
  • Footprints on My Heart—Assistance on day of loss (makeup/hair for mom, photography, etc.), funeral organization, CuddleCots, emotional support
  • Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep—Professional photography and imaging retouching for infant/fetal loss

FLORIDA RESOURCES

NATIONAL RESOURCES

  • Project BEAR—Provides teddy bears to anyone grieving the loss of a baby

Financial Assistance

  • Angel Names Association—Financial assistance with autopsy, funeral, burial and cremation services for stillborn babies (20+ weeks gestation)
  • Flutter by IzzyJane—Financial assistance for medical bills for stillborn babies (20+ weeks gestation)
  • Hayden’s Helping Hands—Financial assistance for medical bills for stillborn babies (20+ weeks gestation)

Informational Resources

Podcasts

  • Guys and Grief —Apple podcasts, iHeart, Spotify—For fathers who have experienced pregnancy or infant loss
  • Still a Part of Us—Google podcasts, Apple podcasts, Pandora—Podcast about pregnancy loss, stillbirth, and infant loss
  • Still Parents—Apple podcasts, Spotify, Amazon music—Hosted by dads who have experienced baby loss
  • The Joyful Mourning—Apple podcasts, Spotify-Directed for women who have experienced fetal or infant loss
  • Cradled in Hope—Amazon music, Apple podcasts, Spotify—Gospel-focused podcast for grieving moms 

Books

  • Saying Goodbye—Amazon, Walmart—A book sharing a personal story of infant loss, includes 90 days of daily support, offering hope
  • Something Happened—Amazon—A children’s book designed to help a child understand pregnancy loss
  • My Sibling Still—Amazon—A children’s book for children who lost a sibling to miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death
  • Always Within—Amazon, Walmart—Grieving the loss of your infant A book that shares stories of love, compassion, and hope for bereaved parents coping with pregnancy or infant loss
  • It’s OK That You’re Not OK – Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand—Amazon— by Megan Devine
  • Empty Arms—Wintergreen Press Healing Hearts eShop—A book designed for bereaved parents that provides words of encouragement
  • Couple Communication After a Baby Dies—Wintergreen Press Healing Hearts eShop—Explains thoughtful communication, improved understanding and openness between couples following a loss
  • Miscarriage: A shattered dream—Wintergreen Press Healing Hearts eShop—Offers a comprehensive and insightful perspective on possible causes, medical terminology, choices and decisions, emotional aspects, coping suggestions, choices for the future, and resources for families experiencing a miscarriage
  • Planning a Precious Goodbye—Wintergreen Press Healing Hearts eShop—A comprehensive, yet short guide for writing an obituary, sending announcements of the birth and death, planning a memorial service or funeral for babies, including miscarriage
  • Sibling Grief—Wintergreen Press Healing Hearts eShop—A practical guide to help parents understand their surviving children’s needs and to assist them in grieving and coping with their brother or sister’s death
  • Single Parents Grief—Wintergreen Press Healing Hearts eShop—For teens or mature parents, this resource explores the special grief of single parents who have no steady partner