Pregnancy Loss: Miscarriage, Ectopic Pregancy, Stillbirth
Orthodox Pregnancy Loss Prayers - CLICK HERE
What to know when you are experiencing a miscarriage or stillbirth
9 Items to Have When Preparing for a Miscarriage at Home
Burying baby after a miscarriage and other practical questions
Burial Supplies - products available for order to families via shipping and includes miscarriage kits, caskets, and more.
Support Hotline/Birth Plan FAQ | Heaven's Gain Ministries - a hotline for moms who have found out their baby has died to help make a birth plan for delivery. Help is also available for moms who just delivered within the past day to find ways to make arrangements for burial.
Orthodox Pregnancy Loss Prayers
13 Things You Should Know About Grief After Miscarriage or Baby Loss
Postpartum Depression After Miscarriage
Orthodox resources and web articles
Lost Innocents: Practical help for miscarriage from an Orthodox Christian perspective
The Sanctified Womb: An Orthodox Christian space that walks with you through fertility, pregancy, postpatum, miscarriage, and family life
Facebook Group: Pregnancy, Infant Loss, Orthodoxy
October: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month by Matushka Dennise Kraus
Sharing The Loss Of The Wished For Child by Fr John Shimchik
My miscarriage: wonder and grief intertwined by Loiusa Rogers
Suffering in Silence: Opening up about Miscarriages by Matushka Rebekah Markewich
Grieving a Child: A Conversation with author and Hospice Chaplain Mat. Jenny Schroedel
Podcast: Close to Home: Naming the Child - Molly Sab ourin is prompted to write a letter to the baby she miscarried 9 years ago after reading the newly released book by Matushka Jenny Schroedel entitled "Naming the Child."
Podcast: All These Things:Talking about Miscarriage - Hannah and her friend Lindsey Birdsall talk about their personal experiences with miscarriage, things that were helpful or not helpful to them, as well as resources and advice for those experiencing miscarriage and those who love them.
Podcast: Matushka Anna Crawford on Miscarriage
Podcast: Oneness in Marriage: The Impact of Infertility and Miscarraige on the Marriage
Podcast: Spotlight on Orthodox Families: Lucy and Chase Cantley - Lucy and Chase talk about how they are coping with the last year struggling with a miscarriage, fertility tests and challenges, dealing with insensitive comments about family life, how they deal with the unknown in regards to their family future, and how one specific line from the Cherubic Hymn gives them hope for whatever their future may hold, all between juggling Lucy's band, her day job, and Chase's naval position.
Other web resources
stillbirthday: a pregnancy loss is still a birthday
National Share: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support
Still Standing Magazine - for all who are grieving child loss and infertility
Books
Naming the Child: Hope-Filled Reflections on Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Death by Jenny Schroedel
Walking the Labyrinth of My Heart: A Journey of Pregnancy, Grief and Infant Death by Dianna Vagianos Armentrout
Under the Laurel Tree: Grieving Infertility with Saints Joachim and Anna by Nicole Rocas
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart, Revised Edition: Surviving the Death of Your Baby by Deborah L Davis
Memory Eternal: Living with Grief as Orthodox Christians by Sarah Byrne-Martelli. A wonderful help in working through any type of grief written from a distinctly Orthodox world view. The book also describes how to offer a grief group that may be beneficial to your parish.
