Resources

The following are resources, articles, and other blogs which have helped me this year. If you have any you think should be listed here, please leave me a comment with the information and I will check it out.

Books

• An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination (a memoir by Elizabeth McCracken)

Loss Support Groups

• babycenter (.com, .ca, .co.uk)
• dailystrength.org (they have some great loss support groups)
• A lot of smartphone pregnancy apps also have social sections with great support groups.

Websites

• Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (https://www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org/) - a photography site that links parents with local photographers (when babies are stillborn or expected to die).
• Still Standing Magazine: Surviving Child Loss and Infertility (http://stillstandingmag.com/)
• Reconceiving Loss (http://reconceivingloss.com/)
• Tommy's (http://www.tommys.org/)
• Count the Kicks (http://www.countthekicks.org/)
• March of Dimes (http://www.marchofdimes.org/)
• PILARI: Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Research & Information (http://www.pilari.org/)
• SANDS: Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity (http://www.uk-sands.org/)

Articles (Loss and Grief)

• No, Everything Does Not Happen for a Reason (http://www.relevantmagazine.com/life/no-everything-does-not-happen-reason) 
• You're Going to Be a Daddy, by Sean Hamish (http://reconceivingloss.com/essay-for-men/)
• Grateful and Grieving (http://stillstandingmag.com/2013/11/grateful-grieving/)
• The Other Quiet Mom (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-davis-johnson/the-other-quiet-mom_b_5972990.html)
• 5 Ways Pregnancy After a Miscarriage is Different (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/meredith-hale/pregnancy-after-a-miscarriage-is-different_b_5974856.html) - a lot of this applies to stillbirth as well.
• Baby Loss Awareness Week (http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/zoe-clarkcoates/baby-loss-awareness-week_1_b_5964038.html)
• Saying it Loudly: I Had a Miscarriage (http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/15/saying-it-loudly-i-had-a-miscarriage/?_r=0)
• Too Many Stillbirths are 'Avoidable' Tragedies (http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/baby-loss-awareness-week-too-many-stillbirths-are-avoidable-tragedies-9796569.html)
• In Child Loss, There is no "Fake it Till You Make it" (http://stillstandingmag.com/2013/01/in-child-loss-there-is-no-fake-it-till-you-make-it/)
• Grateful for the Time We Were Given: Emotional Delivery Room Photos Help Mom Through Loss (http://www.today.com/parents/grateful-time-we-were-given-emotional-delivery-room-photos-help-1D80133990)
• The Story Behind "Love You Forever" is Probably Not What You Thought (http://www.popsugar.com/moms/Truth-Behind-Love-You-Forever-31923286?utm_source=com_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=com_newsletter_v2_03062014&em_recid=656566747&utm_content=placement_1_title)
• An Unwanted Expertise: Tips to Help Parents Survive Pregnancy After Perinatal Loss (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carissa-k/an-unwanted-expertise-how-to-help-parents-survive-pregnancy-after-perinatal-loss_b_4220394.html?utm_hp_ref=tw)

Research

• The Pregnancy Institute (http://www.preginst.com/) - I found a lot of helpful information here about cord accidents.

Blogs

• Scribbles & Crumbs (http://www.scribblesandcrumbs.com/) 
• Losing Lucy and Finding Hope (http://losinglucyandfindinghope.com/)
• Stillborn, Still Standing (http://stillbornstillstanding.blogspot.ca/) 
• Being Everlee's Mom: The Story of Being Mommy to an Angel (http://everleerose.com/)
• Glow in the Woods (http://www.glowinthewoods.com/) - great posts by other loss parents.
• chasereeve.net (http://tumblr.chasereeves.net/tagged/rowan) - a loss dad's perspective.
• Baby Loss Directory (http://babylossdirectory.blogspot.ca/)

Videos

• The Power of Empathy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw)

Music

• Honeycomb Tombs album by Karla Adolphe (free download in store here: http://www.karlaadolphe.ca/) - this album really helped my grief process, as the entire album is devoted to grief. It's beautiful and I highly recommend it.
• "White Owls" by Josh Garrels.

Resources for Friends and Family of a Loss Parent

• 36 Things to Do For Those in Grief (https://medium.com/@chase_reeves/36-things-to-do-for-those-in-grief-aa147d05fa4d)
• How Not to Say the Wrong Thing (http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/07/opinion/la-oe-0407-silk-ring-theory-20130407)
• Easing the Pain for Bereaved Loved Ones This Holiday Season (http://stillstandingmag.com/2013/11/easing-pain-bereaved-loved-ones-holiday-season/)
• How to Help a Grieving Friend: 11 Things to Do When You're Not Sure What to Do (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-devine/death-and-dying_b_4329830.html)
• The Joke is Over: Why I Hope Not to See Pretend Pregnancy Announcements on April 1st (http://www.scissortailsilk.com/2014/03/28/the-joke-is-over-why-i-hope-not-to-see-pretend-pregnancy-announcements-on-april-1st/)