Supportive Resources
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Offers virtual or one-on-one in person support with licensed therapists (located in Chatham & Denville, NJ)
An online mental health practice with a special focus on perinatal mental health
Offer support for families navigating mental health challenges related to pregnancy, postpartum, infertility, and pregnancy loss
Lauren Abdill (MSW, LCSW, PMH-C) specializes in helping women through pregnancy and baby loss, infertility, birth trauma, pregnancy after loss, and postpartum mental health conditions
Offers individual online therapy as well as a virtual grief support course
Anne Marie Hinrichs (LCSW) is a licensed therapist offering perinatal loss support in a one-on-one setting
Susan Esserman (MSW. LCSW, PMH-C) offers grief and loss therapy, specializing in pregnancy loss (at any stage), stillbirth, and TFMR
Offers individual or group bereavement counseling
Support offered virtually or in-person (located in Midland Park, NJ)
Weiss Health Psychology and Family Building
Kim Weiss, PhD offers psychotherapy, consultations, testing, and nutrition coaching
Specializes in infertility, pregnancy loss, and secondary infertility
Offers support via Telehealth or in-person (located in Ridgewood, NJ)
Blaire Melius (LCSW, PMH-C) offers specialized therapy services designed to provide support, guidance, and tools needed to navigate pregnancy loss
Offers individual online therapy
Offers a free 15 minute consultation
Rachel Sanchez Family Counseling
Offers in-person or virtual support (located in Clinton & Paramus, NJ)
Accepting clients from NY & PA
Specializes in perinatal mental health, postpartum mood disorders, family & couples counseling
Some experience supporting people who have had pregnancy loss
EMDR certified
Support available in Spanish
Diane Gilbert (LCSW) offers virtual support for grief and traumatic loss
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Postpartum Support International
Offers a helpline, support groups, and resources for loss and grief in pregnancy and postpartum
Offers virtual support groups, information & education about miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant death
Offers grief support after miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death
Provides virtual peer to peer grief support groups, literature, educational programs, training workshops, and group development assistance (based in Philadelphia, PA)
Offers a grief support line and virtual support groups for those who have experienced a miscarriage, stillbirth, or sudden infant death
Offers grief support, education, and awareness for those who have experienced loss on their journey to parenthood
Offers virtual support groups for first time loss, recurrent loss, second trimester loss and more
Offers bereavement support groups and funeral assistance
Has a national chapter and NJ chapter
NJ Angel of Hope Monument (Manahawkin, NJ)
NJ Remembrance Walk and National Remembrance Walk
Offers support groups, memorial events, and online resources (based in Montclair, NJ)
Connect with parents who have experienced loss and are there to listen and offer support
Provides online resources for parents, families, and friends
Offers program to help children and teens cope with loss (located in Morristown & Princeton, NJ)
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This resource offers information on lactation after loss and provides information on how to manage engorgement
Discusses options (suppressing lactation vs. sustaining lactation) as well as managing clogged ducts and mastitis
A place for bereaved mothers to donate milk and receive support
Human Milk Banking Association of North America
Donate milk to a nonprofit member milk bank of your choosing
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Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey
Provides online resources, available grief support groups in northern NJ, and a list of suggested books
Central Jersey Family Health Consortium
Provides information about Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR)- a bereavement program funded by the NJ Department of Health for those who have experienced the loss of their baby(ies) from 20 weeks in pregnancy to 1 year of age
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Postpartum Support International Español
Ofrece una línea directa de soporte, grupos de apoyo virtuales y recursos en español
Ofrece grupos de apoyo virtuales, información y educación sobre abortos espontáneos, muerte fetal y muerte infantil en español
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Photography
Custom weighted teddy bears
Theraputic teddy bears
Personalized candles
A portion of every candle sold is donated to nonprofits working to help families navigate grief, loss, and healing
I Love You Still: A Memorial Baby Book
Combines aspects of traditional baby books with areas for memorialization, with lots of additional journaling space for grieving moms to complete
Handmade jewelry
A portion of every product sold is donated to women experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss
Saying Goodbye Remembrance Services
International remembrance services for people who have lost a child at any stage of pregnancy , at birth, in infancy, or experiencing infertility
Offers in person and virtual services
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Life Touches Life: A Mother’s Story of Stillbirth and Healing
To Tend and To Hold: Honoring Our Bodies, Our Needs, and Our Grief Through Pregnancy and Infant Loss
A Catholic Guide to Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss
We were gonna have a baby, but we had an angel instead.
(children’s book)
(children’s book)