Resources
We're so sorry you find yourself here. After the devastating loss of a baby, it is impossible to know where to turn to next. You are not alone. We have an extensive list of resources to help parents, siblings, and other family and friends. We hope this can guide you to finding some healing after such tragedy.
EMERGENCY HELP & HOTLINES
Emergency Services: 911
National Suicide Hotline: 988
Maternal Mental Health Hotline: 1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262)
City of Chicago Domestic Violence Help Line: 1-877-TO END DV (1-877-863-6338)
National Domestic Abuse Help Line: 1-800-799-SAFE (1-800-799-7233)
CRISIS NURSERIES
If you have other children at home and find yourself in an emergency situation without support,
consider utilizing a crisis nursery.
Maryville Crisis Nursery (ages 0-5)
6550 W Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL 60634
24-Hour Help Line: (773) 205-3637
Safe Families (all ages)
4300 W Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL 60641
(773) 653-2200
Department of Children and Families (DCFS)
1-800-252-2873
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Star Legacy Foundation www.starlegacyfoundation.org
Postpartum Support International www.postpartum.net
SHARE - Pregnancy Loss & Infant Loss Support, Inc. www.nationalshare.org
The Compassionate Friends www.compassionatefriends.org
March of Dimes www.marchofdimes.org
Saying Goodbye www.sayinggoodbye.org
Tommy's www.tommys.org
Sands www.sands.org.uk
SUPPORT GROUPS
Beyond the Baby Blues www.beyondthebabyblues.org
- Virtual support group local to Illinois
- Free, 6-week dedicated support groups for women who have experienced a miscarriage, stillbirth, or death of a newborn
- Weekly meetings via Zoom
Northwestern Memorial Hospital: Together in the Loss of a Child Support Group www.classes.nm.org
- In-person support group local to Illinois
- For parents who have experienced miscarriage, termination for medical reason, stillbirth, and early infant death
- Generally the first Thursday of each month, 7:00pm to 8:30pm
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Feinberg Pavilion, 251 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL
Star Legacy Foundation www.starlegacyfoundation.org/support-groups
- Virtual support groups offered nationwide
- Support groups for: Infant Loss/SUID/SIDS, Bereaved Parents: Late Pregnancy Loss, Bereaved Parents: Early Pregnancy Loss, Pregnancy After Loss, Dad's Grief Discussion, Grandparents & Extended Family Group, Parenting After Loss, Spanish Support Group for Grieving Parents
Postpartum Support International (PSI) www.postpartum.net/get-help/psi-online-support-meetings
- Virtual support groups offered nationwide
- Support groups for: Early Pregnancy Loss, Black Moms in Loss, Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support for Parents, Stillbirth & Early Infant Loss Support for Parents, Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support for Moms, Parenting After Loss, Birth & Medical Trauma Loss Support, Trying to Conceive After Loss, TFMR Support for Parents, TFMR Support for Moms, and more
Sad Dads Club www.saddadclubs.org/events
- Virtual support group offered nationwide
- For dads and non-birthing partners
- Weekly meetings via Zoom
THERAPY
Amanda Atkins Counseling Group www.amandaatkinschicago.com
- Lincoln Square Office: 5131 North Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
- Avondale Office: 3057 N Rockwell St, Chicago, IL 60618
- Ravenswood Office: 4809 N Ravenswood Ave, Suite 425, Chicago, IL 60640
- Accepts: Self Pay, Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO, BlueChoice PPO, Aetna PPO, and for some clinicians United PPO
The Blossom Method www.blossommethod.com
- 223 E Erie St #207, Chicago, IL 60611
- Accepts: Blue Cross Blue Shield of IL PPO, Aetna PPO, Cigna PPO, United Behavioral Health, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
Wildflower www.wildflowerllc.com
- Chicago Office: 820 N Orleans St #350, Chicago, IL 60610
- Oak Park Office: 1010 Lake Street, Suite 605, Oak Park, IL 60301
- Accepts: Self Pay, Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO and Blue Choice plans, United/Optum and Aetna PPO
Mothergood Health www.mothergoodhealth.com
- 33 West Higgins Road, Suite 950, South Barrington, IL 60010 (or virtual)
- Offers services in English and Spanish
- Accepts: Blue Cross Blue Shield of IL, Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare, Tricare, Medicaid
Cira Center www.ciracenter.org
- 155 N Michigan Ave #624, Chicago, IL 60601
- Accepts: Self Pay, Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO, United Healthcare PPO, UMR, Medicare
Fleming Family Therapy www.flemingfamilytherapy.com
- Chicago Office: 30 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1105, Chicago, IL 60602
- Hinsdale Office: 15 Spinning Wheel Road #314, Hinsdale, IL 60521
- Offers services in English, Spanish, and French
CHILD LIFE SPECIALISTS
Momentos: Child Life Coaching and Consulting www.kiaferrer.com
Dr. Kia Ferrer, PhD, CCLS and Jessica Van Voorhis, MS, CCLS
Local to Illinois
Kelsey Mora, CCLS, LCPC www.childlifetherapist.com
Local to Illinois
Kids Grief Support www.kidsgriefsupport.com
Jessica Correnti, MS, CCLS
Not local, but offers virtual services
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Angel Names Association www.angelnames.org
Autopsy, funeral, burial, and cremation expenses as well as funding for counseling services (after 20 weeks gestation)
The Tears Foundation www.thetearsfoundation.org
Funeral and memorial expenses for all types of baby loss
Colette Louise Tisdahl Foundation www.colettelouise.com/loss-assistance
Support for low income families for all types of baby loss
Hayden's Helping Hands www.haydenshelpinghands.com/applying-qualifying
Medical bills for delivery of stillborn baby (after 20 weeks gestation)
LOCAL EVENTS
Remember Us Still Walk (Star Legacy Foundation)
www.starlegacyfoundation.org/chapter/chicago
Sunday, October 4, 2026 9am-5pm
Horner Park, Chicago, Illinois
Northwestern Medicine Prentice Women's Hospital Wave of Light Memorial Service
Thursday, October 15, 6pm-8pm
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N Cannon Drive, Chicago, Illinois
BOOKS FOR ADULTS
The Baby Loss Guide by Zoe Clark-Coates
Beyond Goodbye by Zoe Clark-Coates
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby by Deborah L. Davis
Ask Me His Name: Learning to live and laugh again after the loss of my baby by Elle Wright
I Promise It Won't Always Hurt Like This: 18 Assurances on Grief by Clare Mackintosh
A Thousand Pounds: Finding the Strength to Live and Love Under the Weight of Unbearable Loss by Brianne Edwards
Empty Arms: Coping with Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Death by Sherokee Ilse
Always Within: Grieving the Loss of Your Infant by Melissa Eshleman
Holding onto Love After You've Lost a Baby: The 5 Love Languages for Grieving Parents by Gary Chapman and Candy McVicar
To Tend and To Hold: Honoring Our Bodies, Our Needs, and Our Grief Through Pregnancy and Infant Loss by Eileen S. Rosete
Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief by Joanne Cacciatore
It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand by Megan Devine
Then Death Came by Sara Rian (poetry)
Find Me There by Sara Rian (poetry)
Loving the Gone by Sara Rian (poetry)
We Are Carried by Sara Rian (poetry)
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
We Were Gonna Have a Baby, But We Had and Angel Instead by Pat Schwiebert
That's Me Loving You by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
The Goodbye Book by Todd Parr
Everywhere, Still by M.H. Clarke
Something Happened by Cathy Blanford
Some Babies by Holly Ann Abel
You'll Be There by Amanda Rawson Hill
I Miss You: A First Look at Death by Pat Thomas
Let's Talk About Our Baby: A Book for Families after a Sudden Infant Death by Laura Camerona
The ABCs of Grief by Jessica Correnti
I Will Always Love You: A Journey from Grief and Loss to Hope and Love by Melissa Lyons
The Memory Box: A Book About Grief by Joanna Rowland
MEMORIAL ITEMS
Laurelbox www.laurelbox.com
Sympathy gifts
Vitrifiedstudio www.vitrifiedstudioshop.com
Custom infant and child urns
Alexandra and Wells www.alexandraandwells.com
Custom memorial apparel
Honoring Motherhood www.honoringmotherhood.com
Jewelry keepsakes
Look to the Sky Book www.grieversandfriends.com
Custom children's book