You’re Not Alone: Resources for Grieving Parents After Baby Loss

A gently curated list for when the world feels too heavy to hold alone

If you’ve recently lost a baby—or are still grieving weeks, months, or years later—please know: You are not alone.

Not in your sorrow. Not in your silence. Not in your longing.

This post offers gentle, practical resources for grieving parents: books, websites, support groups, rituals, and more. You don’t have to read it all at once. Come back when you need to. Let this be a lifeline.

🕊️ Immediate Support

Hotlines & Crisis Support:

• Postpartum Support International – 1-800-944-4773

• First Candle Grief Line – 1-800-221-7437

• National Share – 24/7 phone & group support

  
  

Communities & Online Spaces:

• RTZ Hope – Retreats, peer support, storytelling

• Still Standing Magazine – Articles & reflections

• The TEARS Foundation – Emotional & financial support

  
  

📚 Books That Meet You Where You Are

• Empty Cradle, Broken Heart – Deborah L. Davis

• Grieving the Child I Never Knew – Kathe Wunnenberg

• Bearing the Unbearable – Joanne Cacciatore

• Healing After Loss – Martha Whitmore Hickman

• The Invisible String – Patrice Karst (for children & families)

  
  

🤍 Rituals & Remembrance

• Names in the Sand – Free name tributes

• A Memory Grows – Remembrance retreats

• Light a candle on anniversaries

• Create a home altar

• Write a letter or keep a grief journal

  
  

🧡 Inclusive Support

For Dads & Non-Birthing Parents:

• Men & Miscarriage by Arathi Menon

• RTZ’s Partner Page

  
  

For LGBTQ+ Parents:

• LGBTQ+ Perinatal Loss Resources

• Family Equality

  
  

For BIPOC Parents:

• Sista Midwife Productions

• The Baby Loss Project

📦 Practical Help

• Meal Train – Set up by friends/family

• GoFundMe Memorial – Covering funeral/medical expenses

• Boundary-setting message:

  “We’re grieving privately. Thank you for understanding.”

  
  

🌙 You’re Not Alone

This post is a gathering place—for grief, for love, for care.

And if you’ve found something that helped you—a book, a song, a ritual—I’d love to hear it. Leave a comment or email me privately. Together, we make this space softer.