Resources for Health Care Providers
In the Hospital
Cuddle Cot Initiative - An in-room cooling unit that is the size of a small humidifier disguised inside a Moses basket. Research has proven that having a unit available to parents while they are in the hospital encourages families to spend time with their baby.
Little Love Foundation - Supplies hospitals with blankets, tiny clothing, care packages, and bereavement resources for staff and families of babies born too soon.
Bereavement Doulas
Baby Loss Family Advisors - Supports newly bereaved families who have experienced perinatal loss or are navigating a fatal/life-limiting diagnosis.
StillBirthDay - Trains bereavement doulas and maintains a website with various online resources to support pregnant women who experience perinatal loss.
Grief and Healing
Comfort Cub - Provides weighted bears free of charge to parents who have experienced loss.
Creative Grief Studio - Resources for individuals and mental health professionals exploring the emerging field of grief & creativity, including a Certification Program for professionals.
Photography
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep - Trains, educates, and mobilizes professional quality photographers to provide beautiful heirloom portraits to families facing the untimely death of an infant. (USA, Ireland).
Heartfelt - Supplies photographic memories for families who experience stillbirth, premature births, or children with serious or terminal illnesses. (Australia).
Prevention
Count the Kicks - Aims to reduce preventable stillbirths by teaching expectant parents the importance of,—and method for—self-monitoring and tracking babies' daily movements during the third trimester.
PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy - This organization’s mission is to drive down the incidence of stillbirth in the United States over the next decade by any means necessary. They seek to empower every expectant family with the equitable, evidenced-based medical care and education they need to advocate for a healthy pregnancy, giving parents and babies the best possible chance to make it home safely together.
Star Legacy Foundation - Dedicated to stillbirth research and education, including: events, funding research, and advocating education and awareness of the stillbirth and infant loss community. The foundation also organizes outreach and support services for families, local support groups, and support and education for medical and mental health professionals.
Provider Education and Support
Baby Loss Family Advisors - Teach, train, and assist Loss Advisors/Loss Doulas to offer compassionate, informed support to families facing the loss of a baby in miscarriage, stillbirth, or other infant death.
Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Alliance (PLIDA) - Aims to provide both a formal network and a unified international presence to increase awareness and education focused on the emotional experiences and needs of bereaved families. PLIDA also organizes the biennial International Perinatal Bereavement Conference.
Resolve Through Sharing (RTS) - Provides bereavement training to health care professionals working at hospitals in the form of evidence based courses, consultation services, and support material.