Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death
Handout by Cynthia Good Mojab
Good Mojab, C. Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death: Understanding Grief and Trauma. Hillsboro, OR:
LifeCircle Counseling and Consulting, LLC 2007. Full text. One copy may be printed for personal use. All
other uses require the written permission of the author.
Organizations and Websites
Brief Encounters (www.briefencounters.org): Provides support and information for families who have
experienced pregnancy loss or infant death.
Center for Loss in Multiple Birth, Inc. (www.climb-support.org): Provides parent-to-parent support and
information for families who have experienced the death of one or more multiple-birth children during
pregnancy, birth, infancy or early childhood.
Grief Watch (www.griefwatch.com): Provides information and support to grieving families and their
professional caregivers.
Hygeia (www.hygeia.org): Provides information and support to those who grieve the loss of a pregnancy or
newborn child.
M.i.s.s. (www.missfoundation.org): Provides information and support to bereaved families who have
experienced the death of a child.
Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity, SANDS (www.uk-sands.org): Provides information and support to
bereaved parents and their families after the stillbirth or death of a baby during the early weeks of life.
The Compassionate Friends (www.compassionatefriends.org): Provides information and support to
families who have experienced the death of a child. Their website includes a brochure on miscarriage,
stillbirth, and infant death (www.compassionatefriends.org/Brochures/stillbirth.htm).
Books and Articles
___. Finding a Therapist. The Miss Foundation. Accessed October 5, 2006. Url:
www.missfoundation.org/family/therapist.html
Ilse, S. Empty Arms: Coping with Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death. Maple Plain, MN: Wintergreen
Press 1996.
Ilse, S. and Burns L. Miscarriage: A Shattered Dream. Maple Plain, MN: Wintergreen Press 1986.
Kluger-Bell, K. Unspeakable Losses: Understanding the Experience of Pregnancy Loss, Miscarriage, and
Abortion. New York: W. W. Norton & Company 1998.
Kohn, I., Wilkins, I., and Moffitt, P. A Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss: Guidance and Support for You and Your
Family. New York: Taylor & Francis, Inc. 2000.
Schwiebert, P. and DeKlyen, C. Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss. Skokie, IL: ACTA Publications
2003.
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