No one understands what it’s like to suffer the loss of a baby like a parent who has been there.
Hand to Hold trains and matches parents of babies who have died with fellow parents to provide peer-to-peer support to bereaved families. If you have experienced a loss, you may request a Helping Hand Match at any time.
Learn about Resources that will help you in your journey to healing:
- Find out about Grief Support Groups & Counselors
- Explore Memorial & Remembrance Resources
- Visit Hand to Hold’s Pinterest Site: Memorial and Bereavement
- Scan Our Resource Directory
- Search Hand to Hold’s Library of Helpful Articles:
Hear from Other Parents
- One Dad Reflects on Sending Forth His Champion by Matthew Chambers
- How Life Changes with Infant Loss…. by Elaine Jones
- They May Look Like Twins, But They’re Triplets by Keira Sorrells
- Change of Plans by Melissa Haber
- Two Together by Melissa McSpadden
- Neonatal Loss by Franchesca Cox
- How Many Children Do You Have? by Kelli Kelley
- The Story of My 21-Weeker by Afton Mower
- Questions About Heaven by Keira Sorrells
- Victoria Chambers Remembers Her Son James
- Finding Purpose After Infant Loss by Elaine Jones
- Losing a Child: The Love and Heartache by Keira Sorrells
- The Touch of a NICU Nurse by Babs Haller
- Six Tips to Cope with Grief During the Holidays by Erika Goyer
- Ways to Remember Your Baby During the Holidays by Erika Goyer
- After the Loss: A Dad’s Perspective on What Helps… and What Doesn’t by Robert Goyer
- Do I Need Support? What Peer Support Has Meant to Me by Erika Goyer
Join Our Community
Hand to Hold has a comprehensive bereavement program for parents who experience a loss at any point in pregnancy or early infancy. If you have experienced a loss, we are here for you. If you want to be a part of this program and offer support to families we welcome your ideas.
Get Help
Hand to Hold provides information and support to help you make decisions about:
- Your pregnancy and delivery
- Creating keepsakes
- Taking photographs
- Caring for your child’s body
- Making memorial decisions
- Finding providers and resources for mortuary and funerary services
- Understanding birth certificates and death certificates
- Working with your hospital
- Finding emotional support or counseling
- Working with your religious community
- Knowing what to expect as you grieve
- Supporting young siblings
- Understanding the needs of grandparents
- Advice for what family and friends can do to help
Wherever you are in your grief, we want you to know that you are not alone.
There is a community of families ready to support you,
whether it is today,
a month from today,
or a year from today.
Contact Erika Goyer at erika [at] handtohold [dot] org
