Resources

Hayden's Helping Hands is not responsible for the content of the websites listed in our Links section. They are offered because they may provide support and/or information. If you have specific questions or concerns about any of these links, please contact the owner of that site directly. If you find a useful resource that we do not have listed, please let us know. 

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation: (NILMDTS) administers a network of more than 7,000 volunteer photographers in the United States and 25 countries.  At a family's request, a NILMDTS Affiliated Photographer will come to your hospital or hospice location and conduct a sensitive and private portrait session.  The portraits are then professionally retouched and presented to the families on an archival DVD or CD that can be used to print portraits of their cherished baby.

The Dougy Center: provides support in a safe place where children, teens, young adults, and their families grieving a death can share their experiences.  We provide support and training locally, nationally and internationally to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children in grief.  We are supported solely through private support from individuals, foundations and companies.  The Dougy Center does not charge a fee for its services.

Tommys.org: They do research on stillbirth and miscarriage, including helpful articles on  "what to say/do when a friend has lost a baby", support for couples, support for grandparents, etc... There is also a general support group for those who have suffered miscarriage, stillbirth, premature birth, neonatal death or termination for medical reasons: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Tommysblsupport

Brief Encounters:  A nonprofit, nonsectarian group for parents whose babies have died before, during, or after birth.  Brief Encounters provides meetings in the greater Portland, Oregon area and local phone support.  At informal, mutually supportive meetings, bereaved parents and their families share their stories, discuss issues that arise around pregnancy and infant loss, and remember their children.  Through talking or just listening, we learn what grief is and how, through understanding and caring, we heal.

The TEARS Foundation: The TEARS Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that seeks to compassionately assist bereaved parents with the financial expenses they face in making final arrangements for their precious baby who has died.  Many of the founders and volunteers at The TEARS Foundation have experienced the loss of their own baby, and want to reach out in this way to support newly bereaved parents in their time of devastating sorrow.

M.E.N.D. Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death: is a Christian, non-profit organization that reaches out to families who have suffered the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, or early infant death. We publish free bi-monthly magazines, hold commemorative ceremonies, and host a variety of support groups throughout the nation.  M.E.N.D. is a place for families to connect, share their unique story of loss, and learn to live life without your precious baby.  Together we are breaking down the barriers associated with the isolation and sadness of pregnancy and infant loss as we strive to turn our children's lives into legacies. 

The MISS Foundation: established in 1996 by Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, is an international 501(c)3, volunteer based organization providing C.A.R.E. [counseling, advocacy, research, and education] services to families experiencing the death of a child. We recognize that the death of a child at any age is one of life’s most tragic experiences.

Grieve Out Loud: is a comprehensive holistic bereavement care program serving families and professionals touched by pregnancy loss and/or infant death. Our mission is to help families of pregnancy loss and infant death to build a strong foundation to ensure the family’s grief journey is healthy, complete and contains little regret. Grieve Out Loud was started in January 2010 by a group of parents who understand the pain of losing a baby and are passionate about helping others in their own grieving process. Our stories are different, yet they are the same in that our children have been separated from us through the cruelty of death.

Still Standing Magazine: Founded in 2012, Still Standing Magazine has been the world’s leading online voice in breaking the silence on child loss – from conception to adulthood, and infertility. We share stories from around the world of writers surviving the aftermath of loss and grief – and include information on how others can help. This is a page for all grieving parents. If you grieve the loss of your child, no matter the circumstances, you are welcome here.

The Compassionate Friends: The mission of The Compassionate Friends: When a child dies, at any age, the family suffers intense pain and may feel hopeless and isolated. The Compassionate Friends provides highly personal comfort, hope, and support to every family experiencing the death of a son or a daughter, a brother or a sister, or a grandchild, and helps others better assist the grieving family.

Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support, Inc.: Mission is to serve those whose lives are touched by the tragic death of a baby through pregnancy loss, stillbirth, or in the first few months of life. The primary purpose is to provide support toward positive resolution of grief experienced at the time of, or following the death of a baby. This support encompasses emotional, physical, spiritual and social healing, as well as sustaining the family unit. The secondary purpose is to provide information, education, and resources on the needs and rights of bereaved parents and siblings. The objective is to aid those in the community, including family, friends, employers, members of the congregation, caregivers, professionals, and others in a supportive role.

*Statistics and facts used within this site are from foundations such as:  missfoundation.org & stillnomore.org