Infertility, Miscarriage and Grief Resources
Book List
- A Child's View of Grief: A Guide for Parents, Teachers & Counselors, Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD, Companion Press, 2004.
- Empty Arms: Hope and Support for Those Who Have Suffered a Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Tubal Pregnancy, Pam Vredevelt, Multnomah Books, 2001.
- Empty Womb, Aching Heart: Hope and Help for Those Struggling With Infertility, Marlo Schalesky, Bethany House Publishers, 2001.
- Hannah's Hope: Seeking God's Heart In The Midst Of Infertility, Jennifer Saake, Navpress Publishing Group, 2005.
- Holding onto Hope: A Pathway Through Suffering to the Heart of God, Nancy Guthrie, Monarch Books, 2003.
- I'll Hold You in Heaven: Healing and Hope for the Parent Who Has Lost a Child Through Miscarriage, Still Birth, Abortion or Early Infant Death, Jack W. Hayford, Regal Books, 2003.
- Longing for a Child: Devotions of Hope for Your Journey Through Infertility, Kathe Wunnenberg, Zondervan, 2005.
- Misty: A Mother’s Journey Through Sorrow to Healing, Carole Gift Page, Baker Publishing Group, 2000.
- Moments for Couples Who Long for Children, Ginger Garrett, Steve Arterburn, Navpress Publishing Group, 2003.
- Mommy, Please Don’t Cry: There Are No Tears in Heaven, Linda DeYmaz, Multnomah Books, 2003.
- The Infertility Companion: Hope and Help for Couples Facing Infertility, Sandra Glahn, William Cutrer, MD, Zondervan, 2004.
- Trusting God through Tears: A Story to Encourage, Jehu Thomas Burton, Baker Books, 2000.
- Water from the Rock: Finding God's Comfort in the Midst of Infertility, Donna Gibbs, Becky Garrett, Phyllis Rabon, Moody, 2002.
- When the Cradle is Empty: Answering Tough Questions about Infertility, John and Sylvia Van Regenmorter, Tyndale House Publishers, 2004.
- When You Are Coping with Infertility, Vera Snow, Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2002.
- Where Two or Three Are Gathered Together: Starting an Infertility Support Group Authors: John & Sylvia Van Regenmorter, Stepping Stones, 2005.
Coping With Infertility
- American Pregnancy Association
1425 Greenway Drive, Suite 440
Irving, Texas 75038
Toll Free: 800-672-2296
Fax: 972-550-0800
Email: Questions@AmericanPregnancy.org
URL: www.americanpregnancy.org
Promotes reproductive and pregnancy wellness and offers a toll-free education line, discussion forum, and interactive tools. - American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
1209 Montgomery Highway
Birmingham, Alabama 35216-2809
Phone: 205-978-5000
Fax: 205-978-5005
Email: asrm@asrm.org
URL: www.asrm.org
Provide information on infertility, menopause, contraception, reproductive surgery, endometriosis, and other reproductive disorders. - Anna's Journal
Attention: Catherine Ward-Long
P.O. Box 341
Eljay, GA 30540.
Christian newsletter for childless couples who know they will never have children. - Baby Dreamers
URL: www.babydreamers.org
Provides encouragement from a Christian perspective for married couples living through the challenges of infertility, miscarriage, and infant loss. - Caleb Ministries
P. O. Box 470093
Charlotte NC 28247-0093
Phone: 704-841-1320
Toll Free: 877-4U-CALEB (8-22532)
Email: info@calebministries.org
URL: www.calebministries.org
Offers help to women who have experienced infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth, or early infant death. - Childless Not By Choice
URL: www.childlessnotbychoice.com
Features chat room opportunities with others who are childless not by choice. - Fertility Plus
URL: www.fertilityplus.org
Provides information written by patients for patients trying to conceive. - Fertility Pro Registry
Email: info@proregistry.net
URL: www.fertilityproregistry.com
A national network of certified reproductive endocrinologists. Provides medically reviewed information about infertility treatments. - The Endometriosis Association (EA)
Mary Lou Ballweg, President-Executive Director
International Headquarters
8585 N. 76th Place,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53223, USA
Phone: 414-355-2200
Toll Free: 800-992-3636 (Call for a free information packet)
Fax: 414-355-6065
URL: www.endo-online.org
Provides education, support, and research for women with endometriosis, doctors, and others interested in the disease. - Hannah's Prayer Ministries
P.O. Box 3321
Borger, TX 79008
USA
Voice Mail/Fax: 281-485-8986
E-Mail: Hannahs@Hannah.org
URL: www.hannah.org
Offers Christian support for those experiencing primary and secondary infertility, pregnancy loss, early infant death, and adoption loss. - Infertility Network
160 Pickering Street
Toronto, ON, Canada, M4E 3J7
Phone: 416-691-3611
Fax: 416-690-8015
Email: Info@InfertilityNetwork.org
URL: www.infertilitynetwork.org
Provides information and support to those who have difficulty conceiving, or carrying a pregnancy to term, to help them make informed choices about their options. - National Infertility Network Exchange (NINE)
P.O. Box 204
East Meadow, NY 11554
Phone: 516-794-5772
Fax: 516-794-0008
Email: info@nine-infertility.org
URL: www.nine-infertility.org
Offers support groups, professional referrals, newsletter, advocacy and talk lines for the fertility impaired. Includes men's support groups, online chats, one-on- one and medical procedure counseling. - Infertility2 online support groups
Email: RyanMissyMom@gmail.com; Infertility2-owner@yahoogroups.com
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Infertility2
Online support group for women experiencing secondary infertility after successfully having at least one child. - InfertilityBooks.com
URL: www.infertilitybooks.com
Offers over 320 infertility books for both consumers and professionals. - Infertility Resources
URL: www.ihr.com/infertility
Provides extensive information about IVF, ICSI, infertility clinics, tubal reversal doctors, vasectomy reversal doctors, natural infertility treatment, male infertility services, sperm banks, pharmacies, infertility books and videotapes, sperm testing, infertility support, and drugs and medications, such as Metrodin, Pergonal, and Clomid. - Infertility Specialists
URL: www.infertilityprofessionals.com
Provides information for reproductive and infertility professionals, including physicians and embryologists. - InterNational Council on Infertility Information Dissemination, Inc. (INCIID)
P.O. Box 6836
Arlington, Virginia 22206
Phone: 703-379-9178
URL: www.inciid.org
Provides current information and immediate support regarding the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infertility and pregnancy loss, and offers guidance for family-building options. - Internet Health Resources (IHR)
1133 Garden Lane
Lafayette, CA 94549
Phone: 925-284-9362
Fax: 925-284-9362
Email: info1@ihr.com
URL: www.ihr.com
Provides services for infertility organizations and the hub for infertility education, services, and products. - IVF.COM
URL: www.ivf.com
Provides information regarding male and female infertility. - Missing Grace
URL: www.missinggrace.org
Provides understanding and non-judgment support for moms and dads who experienced loss from conception to the first year of life, infertility, and the trials and joys of adoption and connects them with other bereaved moms or dads. - RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association
URL: www.resolve.org
Phone: 888-623-0744, Helpline
Provides education, advocacy, and support for men and women struggling with infertility. Resources include advocacy, physician referrals, information about infertility studies, and nationwide local support groups. - Sarah's Laughter
URL: www.sarahslaughter.com
Provides biblical encouragement for those struggling with infertility. - Society for Male Reproduction and Urology (SMRU)
1209 Montgomery Highway
Birmingham, AL 35216
Phone: 205-978-5000
Fax: 205-978-5005
Email: asrm@asrm.org
Web: www.smru.org
Promotes the advancement of our understanding of male reproductive physiology and management of male infertility by providing a forum for the dissemination of both basic and clinical research information and support of educational programs. - Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (SREI)
URL: www.socrei.org
Offers a search function to find a Reproductive Endocrinologist in your area. - Society of Reproductive Surgeons (SRS)
1209 Montgomery Highway
Birmingham, AL 35216-2809
Phone: 205-978-5000
Fax: 205-978-5005
Email: asrm@asrm.org
URL: www.reprodsurgery.org
Offers a search function to find a Reproductive Surgeon in your area. - Stepping Stones (A Ministry of Bethany Christian Services)
901 Eastern Avenue, NE
P.O. Box 294
Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0294
Phone: 616-224-7529
Fax: 616-224-7593
Email: step@bethany.org
URL: www.bethany.org
Newsletter available. - The American Fertility Association
666 Fifth Avenue Suite 278
New York, NY 10103
Phone: 888-917-3777
Fax: 718-601-7722
E-mail: info@theafa.org
URL: www.americaninfertility.org
Supports families during struggles with infertility and adoption. - The American Infertility Association (AIA)
860 Johnson Ferry Road Suite 140-121
Atlanta, Georgia, 30342
Phone (USA): 404-918-2430
Phone: (UK): + (020) 0000-0297
URL: http://www.ivf.net/content/index.php?page=out&id=542
Supports men and women coping with infertility and reproductive disorders. Offers a newsletter, doctor referrals, support groups, message boards, educational meetings, and conferences.
Coping with Loss
- Abiding Hearts
P.O. Box 904
Libby, MT 59923
Phone: 406-293-4416
Fax: 406-587-7197
Email: hearts@lclink.com (Maria LaFond)
URL: www.abidinghearts.org
Offers a support system for parents continuing pregnancy after prenatal diagnosis of fatal (or non-fatal) birth defects. Newsletter available. - Aiding a Mother [& Father] Experiencing Neonatal Death (AMEND)
Maureen Connelly
4324 Berrywick Terrace
St. Louis, MO 63128
Phone: 314-487-7582
Martha Eise
1559 Ville Rosa
Hazelwood, Mo. 63042
Phone: 314-291-0892
Jane Borman
2209 Gillis
Alton, Illinois 62002
Phone: 618-466-7129
Karen M. Frazier, RN
Tampa, FL
Phone: 813-631 9519
Email: karen@amend-fla.org
URL: www.amend-fla.org
Coordinates one-on-one peer phone counseling for parents who need understanding and caring through others listening. - Anencephaly Support Foundation
808 Travis, Suite 1700
Houston, TX 77002
Toll Free: 888-206-7526
E-mail: asf@asfhelp.com (David and Anne Andis)
URL: www.asfhelp.com
Helps parents who wish to continue these pregnancies, and helps examine the reasons why carrying a child with anencephaly can be a fulfilling decision. - Angel Babies Forever Loved, Inc.
P.O. Box 3196
Boynton Beach, Florida 33424.
URL: www.angels4ever.com
Supports grieving parents who lost babies to miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal loss, or SIDS. Provides email support groups and a chat room. - A Place to Remember
1885 University Ave., #110
St. Paul, MN 55104
Toll Free: 800-631-0973
URL: www.aplacetoremember.com
Provides comprehensive links to organizations dealing with infant loss, miscarriage, grief, twins and multiples, and support groups. - A Quiet Refuge
A Quiet Refuge Publications & Resources, LLC
P.O. Box 63506
Colorado Springs, CO 80962-3506
Fax: 719-481-0403
Email: mail@quietrefuge.com
URL: www.quietrefuge.com
Support families who have lost a baby through any type of pregnancy loss, including miscarriage, stillbirth, tubal pregnancy, and those who have lost a child in the first two or three years of life. - BabySteps
URL: www.babysteps.com
Helps individuals traverse the long and difficult road to recovery from the loss of a child. - Center for Loss In Multiple Birth, Inc. (CLIMB)
P.O. Box 91377
Anchorage, AK 99509
Phone: 907-222-5321
Email: climb@pobox.alaska.net
URL: www.climb-support.org
Supports parents who have experienced the death of one or more, both or all babies from a twin or higher multiple pregnancy, during pregnancy, at or after birth, or in childhood. - Growth House, Inc.
URL: www.growthhouse.org/natal.html
Addresses grief related to pregnancy and infant death, including miscarriage, stillbirth, termination of pregnancy, and death of the very young. - Haven of Hope and Healing, Inc.
P.O. Box 747
Graham NC 27253
Phone: 336-227-8306
Email: info@havenofhopeandhealing.org
URL: www.havenofhopeandhealing.org
Provides mental, emotional, spiritual, and educational support to parents, families, and their healthcare providers cope with the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death. - Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death (M.E.N.D.)
Phone - Fax: 972-506-9000
Blog: infantloss.org
URL: www.mend.org
Reaches out to families who have suffered the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, or early infant death. Newsletter available. - Pen Parents, Inc.
P.O. Box 8738
Reno, NV 89507-8738
Phone: 702-826-7332
Fax; 702-829-0866
Email: PenParents@aol.com
Offers a correspondence network for parents who have suffered the tragedy of pregnancy loss or the death of a child. - Perinatal Loss Project
2116 NE 18th Avenue
Portland, OR 97212-2621
Phone: 503-284-7426.
Provides booklets, cards and videos available for purchase. - Pregnancy and Infant Loss Center
1421 E. Wayzata Blvd., Suite #30
Wayzata, MN 55391
Phone: 612-473-9372
URL: www.pilc.org
Offers local and national support group information, a parent-to-parent peer support program, and professional training on miscarriage, stillbirth and infant death, and a newsletter. - Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support, Inc. (SHARE)
St. Joseph Health Center
300 First Capital Drive
St. Charles, MO 63301-2893
Phone: 636-947-6164
Toll Free: 800-821-6819
Fax: 636-947-7486
Email: share@nationalshareoffice.com
URL: www.nationalshareoffice.com
Provides a strong, supportive atmosphere, through mutual self-help groups, where people can share their experiences regarding the loss of an infant through miscarriage or to some other reason after birth. Newsletter available. Offers some Spanish materials. - Pregnancy Loss Support Program
National Council of Jewish Women
NY Section, 9 East 69th Street
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212-687-5030 ext. 40
Offers peer telephone counseling and support groups to men and women after miscarriage, stillbirth or newborn death. Supports parents during subsequent pregnancies. Spanish available. - Silent Grief
P.O. Box 92
Shanksville, PA 15560
Email: chinton@silentgrief.com
URL: www.silentgrief.com
Provides a safe place of healing, support, and hope during your time of grief, loneliness, and depression after miscarriage, stillbirth, or child loss. - The Compassionate Friends, Inc.
P.O. Box 3696
Oak Brook IL 60522-3696
Phone: 630 990-0010
Fax: 630-990-0246
Toll Free: 877-969-0010.
URL: www.compassionatefriends.com
Provides local chapters for families who have had a child of any age die from any cause. Magazine available.