Resources
On our website, we've compiled many resources (listed below) that will hopefully provide help and information for you and those you love. We also encourage you to visit the links we provided below. There are many organizations and websites that can give you additional support.
- When a Baby Dies - SHARE Parents of Utah brochure (PDF 80KB)
- Tips for Grieving Parents (PDF 75KB)
- Tips for Family & Friends (PDF 75KB)
- Helping Children Cope (PDF 119KB)
Books that may help...
- When Pregnancy Fails: Families Coping with Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Death, Susan O. Borg, Judith Lasker
- Surviving Pregnancy Loss, Rochelle Friedman, Bonnie Gradstein
- Coping with Miscarriage, Othniel J. Seiden, M J. Timmons
- Empty Arms: Hope and Support for Those Who Have Suffered a Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Tubal Pregnancy, Pam Vredevlt
- Gone Too Soon: The Life and Loss of Infants and Unborn Children, Sherri D. Wittwer (L.D.S. perspective)
Books for children
- Mommy, Please Don't Cry, Linda DeYmaz, Laurie Snow Hein
- We Were Gonna Have a Baby, but We Had an Angel Instead, Pat Schwiebert, Taylor Bills
Links
If you have an organization or service you'd like us to refer, particularly in the Salt Lake area, please contact us for consideration.
National Share Pregnant and Infant Loss Support, Inc. www.nationalshare.org
Northern Utah (Davis County) Utah Share Parents: www.utahshare.org
University of Utah is conducting a study on the effects of low dose aspirin on pregnancy. There is evidence that it could improve pregnancy outcome. http://www.eagertrial.org
Caring Connections (Bereavement & Support Groups at the U of U/special Perinatal Bereavement program available): http://nursing.utah.edu/practice/caringconnections/
- Larkin Mortuary is a big supporter of Share Parents of Utah and the location of our annual Walk of Remembrance and Hope: www.larkinmortuary.com
Picture Resources
Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org) Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep aims to bring parents together with professional photographers that are volunteering their time and services to helping parents create these heirloom memories of their time together as a family.
The AngelPics Project (babyangelpics.com) The AngelPics Project was created to donate photo retouching resources to the parents and families of a stillborn babies. Through this free service, skilled digital artists work with a digital copy of your original, eliminating medical equipment, removing unsightly marks and even replacing the background if desired.
Pregnancy Support
Angel Watch (http://intermountainhealthcare.org/services/womennewborn/pregnancy/highrisk/Pages/AngelWatch.aspx) Angel Watch is part of Intermountain Healthcare's Maternal Fetal Medicine department and is designed to provide emotional and social support for families who may be facing a potentially life-limiting diagnosis for their unborn infant. The service is free of charge and is offered to families throughout Utah, no matter if their providers are with Intermountain or not. The Angel Watch professionals come to your home and offer options and choices as well as emotional support from point of diagnosis to bereavement care 18 months after delivery.