Resources

Remembrance Jewelry:
Mama Mia (Custom hand stamped jewelry)
Angel Bracelets (custom memorial bracelets; $2 from each sale is donated to a pregnancy/infant loss organization!)
Sue-Ella Signatures (based in Australia)
My Forever Child
Lisa Leonard Designs
Nelle & Lizzy
Susan Lori Designs
Lilly Ellen Designs
The Vintage Pearl
La Belle Dame 
5.1.5 Designs (An angel mom who makes jewelry pieces & candles)

Visit Etsy for more customized jewelry

Places to connect/find support:
Grieve Out Loud
Glow in the Woods
Baby Center's Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Loss Support Group
MISS Foundation
The Compassionate Friends
Faith, Hope & Remembrance (A facebook group for women who have lost a child and are either now TTC or pregnant)
BLM Penpals
Missing GRACE Foundation
Good Grief Group
Band Back Together
Healing Hearts 
The Grief Effect 
Naomi's Circle 
NILMDTS Forum
Hand to Hold 
Hygeia Foundation

For the Dad's:
Elm City Dad
GrievingDads.com Project
A Blog for Father's: When a baby dies
Irishdad's Blog 
Always A Dad (a subgroup of Naomi's Circle)

Things to read:
Blogs: Faces of Loss, Faces of Hope's Blog Directory
Book: An Exact Replica of a Figment of my Imagination
Blog: Still Life 365 
Book: Miscarriage; What Every Woman Needs To Know
Book: Empty Cradle, Broken Heart 
Book: Tuesday Mornings with the Dads 
Book: When a Man Faces Grief
Book: A Gathering of Angles: Seeking Healing After an Infant's Death
Book: Pregnancy Journeys After Loss
Book: Empty Arms 
Blog: Naomi's Circle 
Book: Asleep in Heaven's Nursery
Blog: Tommy Mann (author of Asleep in Heaven's Nursery)
Book:  They Were Still Born: Personal Stories about Stillbirth

Things to listen to:
Anchored by Hope Radio
Faces of Loss Ultimate Babyloss Playlist (A list of healing/therapeutic songs suggested by Faces members)

Places to have your baby memorialized:
Abiding Hope Collages ("word art" collage with your child's name)
To Write Their Names in the Sand (a photo of your child's name written in on the beach in Australia)
Angel Wings Memorial Boutique (beautiful angel wings with your child's name)
Heaven's seashells (seashells with your child's name)
Angel baby names (artistic pictures done with your child's name)
Vermont Angel's (pictures of your child's name on water rocks)
Treasure from my heart (your child's name with a sea side theme)
Name in the stars (you child's name in the stars)
Names on the sidewalk (a photo of your child's name written in chalk)
Waterfall Angel's (your child's name written on rock, photo taken by a waterfall)
Treasure Beans (your child's name hand painted on a rock)
Rose Garden (your child's name in rose petals)
Portraits by Dana (an artist creates a sketch of your child)
rockaBYEbaby (blocks of your child's name in an artistic pose)
Angel Baby Memorials (Tribute/memorial videos created in remembrance of your child)
Beyond Words Designs (canvas paintings)
Butterfly Footprints (have your child's footprints turned into a butterfly image)
Drawn by Debbie (Hand drawn memorial sketches & memorial jewelry)
Project Kj (Photos taken by an angel mom who will add your babies name to them)

Other organizations making a difference:
Ella's Halo (a Minneapolis nonprofit dedicated to improving extended stays in Twin Cities NICUs)
Share (a national organization offering support and resources, including support groups, to those who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss)
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (provides free, professional remembrance photography to parents suffering the loss of a baby)
Project Sweet Pea (provides gift bags to NICU families)
A Butterfly's Touch (provides memory boxes to those who have experienced stillbirth or infant loss. Located in Oregon, but willing to ship to other states)
Hiring for Hope (seeks to ease the shared emotional, psychological, and financial duress common during times of loss and crisis for job seekers, couples experiencing loss and or obstacles to building their families, and their friends and family members)
Star Legacy Foundation (dedicated to research and education to prevent stillbirth) 
First Candle (dedicated to safe pregnancies and the survival of babies through the first years of life) 
Mikayla's Grace (a non-profit organization that supports families with babies in the NICU and families that have lost a baby, located in Wisconsin)

Misc.
Abiding Hope Memory Boxes (have a beautiful memory box created to hold the precious mementos of your child)
International Babylost Mothers Day
International Babylost Fathers Day
Molly Bears (an angel mother who makes bears the same weight as your child)
AgapeCare Cradle (A specialized nonprofit mortuary service for infants)
Babies Remembered & Wintergreen Press (A wonderful site by Sherokee Ilse, that is packed with tons of resources, booklets, videos, etc)
Lanee's Legacy (memory boxes)
Justice for All (A soul certificate, sort of like a birth certificate for your child)
Brood Baby (A fiber and textile artist who is willing to make burial layettes for children) [Note: The link is to her Etsy shop and it does have pictures of infants]
The House I Keep (A website dedicated to filmmaker Jhene Erwin's recent project, a short film about miscarriage.  The film is not out just yet but please keep checking back as there will be premiering in Tallahassee FL)

Please email Courtney at courtney@facesofloss.com if you have something to add!
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