Loss & Bereavement Resources
If you are grieving a pregnancy loss, stillbirth, or the death of your baby, you do not have to walk through it alone. These organizations offer support for mothers, fathers, partners, and families.
National Support & Peer Groups
Free or low-cost support for families after pregnancy and infant loss, available no matter where you live.
Bereavement support and trainings, founded and led by Elizabeth O'Donnell, MPH, M.Ed.
Free daily support for families navigating infertility, pregnancy loss, infant loss, and pregnancy after loss. Includes weekly peer-led support groups, one-on-one peer mentorship, trauma-informed therapy, private 24-hour online chat communities, healing journals, mindful movement sessions, care packages, the Cry It Out Loud podcast, funeral and burial assistance, and CME-accredited perinatal bereavement training for healthcare professionals. Contact info@chasingtherainbows.org and they respond within 24 hours.
CuddleCot's family resources page, with foundations and organizations that support families after the loss of a baby.
Support for Fathers & Partners
Grief does not look the same for everyone. These groups are made for dads and partners.
Support groups, grief podcasts, resources for bereaved fathers, etc.
Peer community for dads who have lost a child, run by loss dads, with online meetups and access to mental health support.
An initiative of The ARIAH Foundation, created by Omari Maynard in honor of Shamony Gibson. A healing and advocacy space for BIPOC men navigating the traumatic experience of losing a partner or loved one to maternal mortality. Offers brotherhood, community building, community healing, and the Luxor Collective Summit to support men through grief and perinatal loss.
Financial & Funeral Assistance
Help with the costs that can come with loss.
Comfort Items, Memory-Making & CuddleCot Donors
Organizations that provide keepsakes, burial clothing, and CuddleCots, which give families more time with their baby.
Sends free teddy bear ornaments to families who have experienced pregnancy or infant loss.
Donates CuddleCots (cooling units that give families more time with their baby) to hospitals and birthing centers across the country.
Ohio nonprofit offering comfort through acts of kindness, grief resources, and CuddleCot donations to hospitals across the country, in memory of baby Willow Irene.
Founded in memory of baby Wesley. Donates a CuddleCot to a new hospital each year, and per CuddleCot donates anywhere in the country.
A directory of bereavement care supplies and organizations across North America, shared by CuddleCot. Helpful for families, hospitals, and providers.
Donates CuddleCots and grief book libraries to hospitals that are open to receiving them.
Handmade burial layettes for babies lost to miscarriage, stillbirth, or early infant death, provided to hospitals and families free of charge.
NICU & Perinatal Palliative Care
Support for families whose baby is in the NICU or facing a life-limiting diagnosis.
Summit and retreat for NICU parent support group leaders and professionals.
A directory of NICU parent support groups across the country.
State & Regional Organizations
Local organizations serving specific states and communities.
Support, education, and advocacy for families navigating infertility and pregnancy loss.
Retreats and special events for parents grieving the death of a child, including pregnancy and infant loss.
Created by grieving parents for grieving parents. Connects families impacted by pregnancy and infant loss to each other and to community resources in Central Ohio, with remembrance events and a list of local support groups.
Supports, educates, and raises awareness for pregnancy and infant loss families and medical professionals, and donates CuddleCots to Connecticut hospitals.
Provides Harbour of Hope bereavement boxes to hospitals, funeral homes, and families, and raises funds for CuddleCots.
Louisiana nonprofit and advocacy team founded in memory of baby Heidi. Helped pass Angel's Law, which sets up a statewide perinatal bereavement care initiative in Louisiana hospitals.
Raises awareness of infertility and pregnancy loss, shares loss stories, and offers the Finding Hope After Loss podcast and Project Finding Your Rainbow.
Faith-based support groups, newsletters, and remembrance ceremonies for families who have lost a baby to miscarriage, stillbirth, or early infant death.
Supports NICU families and helps with funeral expenses for families who experience infant loss.
Ohio nonprofit raising awareness of stillbirth and supporting families after pregnancy and infant loss, with a pregnancy and infant loss resource directory and remembrance events.
Care packages, resource lists, and peer support groups for families after pregnancy loss, including support for fathers.
Faith-based bereavement care for mothers and families after stillbirth or neonatal loss, including day-of-loss resources and trained volunteer Angel Ambassadors who are bereaved mothers. Donates CuddleCots and comfort boxes to Houston-area hospitals; its Angel program is approved in Methodist and Memorial Hermann locations.
Learn & Listen
Stories and talks about grief and loss.