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Healing Hearts

Dealing with the sudden, unexpected death of an infant can be devastating. It is a loss that no parent can be prepared for. No matter how overwhelmed you are feeling, or how much pain you are experiencing, please know that you do not have to go through this alone. Provided below is a list of resources that can offer support.

The Grief Center

A non-profit organization in Tulsa, Oklahoma that provides individual and group counseling, grief education and support, and specialized programs for adults, children, and families who are mourning the death of a loved one. http://www.thegriefcenter.org

The Bear-ers of Grace

The Bear-ers of Grace Foundation provides compassionate caring support as well as a listening ear and heart to parents who have lost a child. http://bearersofgrace.com

MEND

Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death http://www.mend.org

The Compassionate Friends

Grief Support after the death of a child http://compassionatefriends.org

First Candle

Grief support, including bilingual grief counselors who are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week http://www.firstcandle.org/grieving-families

March of Dimes

Information regarding pregnancy and infant loss http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/572.asp