Miscarriage, stillbirth, TFMR (Termination for Medical Reasons)
Healthy Kent Perinatal Mental Health Provider Directory
Healthy Kent Perinatal Mental Health Coalition maintains this provider directory, filterable by therapists who specialize in miscarriage, stillbirth and TFMR in Kent County.
Maternal Wellness SOUL Support Group
A support group for parents who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death.
The group provides an opportunity to meet in a supportive environment with others who have experienced a similar loss.
Gilda's Club, Perinatal Grief Support
A monthly support group for adults who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth or early infant death within the 1st trimester prenatal to 1 month postpartum. This group is a time of connecting with others who share similar experiences and normalizing the experience of grief.
Healing Through Grieving: Pregnancy, Infant, Child Loss Program The Kent County Health Dept. offers grief counseling and connection to resources provided by Public Health Nurses and Social Workers for families who have lost a child (ages 0-18 yrs.) or experienced a miscarriage or stillbirth. Email: childloss@kentcountymi.gov or call 616-632-7046.
A healing center for grieving children and teens who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling, or someone else close to them.
Online Support Groups
Postpartum Support International
Weekly online support groups for various specific topics, such as Perinatal Grief and Loss, After Abortion and TFMR, Birth Trauma and Loss, Early Pregnancy Loss, Black Moms and loss, Dads and Loss and many more specific topics to meet individual needs.
Daily Loss Support Groups, infertility, Pregnancy and infant loss, Pregnancy after loss
Support groups for families navigating the profound grief of pregnancy loss, stillbirth and infant loss. Facilitated by trained mental health professionals. Available in Spanish and English.
Miscarriage and Stillbirth Resources
Podcasts
Confessions of a Grieving Mother
Books
It’s Okay That You’re Not Okay: Megan Devine Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Deborah L Davis
He Lost His Baby Too: Kelly Farley and David DiCola Still Here: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Triumph After Stillbirth Something Happened: Cathy Blanford