Helplines
| Tommy’s midwives’ helpline
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0800 0147 800 (open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm) |
| Sands helpline
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0808 164 3332 (open 10am to 3pm Monday to Friday, and 6pm to 9pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)
Online chat at https://www.sands.org.uk/support-you/how-we-offer-support |
| Miscarriage Association helpline | 01924 200 799 (open Monday, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am to 4pm, and Wednesdays and Fridays from 9am to 8pm)
info@miscarriageassociation.org.uk Live chat at https://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/how-we-help/live-chat/
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| Ectopic Pregnancy Trust helpline | 020 7733 2653 or 0300 102 0180 (call-back service, will get in touch within 24-48hrs in working week)
Request a call-back at https://ectopic.org.uk/request-a-call-back |
Charities providing counselling services
| Petals | https://www.petalscharity.org/counselling-2/request-counselling/ |
| Teddy’s Wish
For parents who have lost babies to stillbirth, neonatal death or SIDS |
https://www.teddyswish.org/counselling-form |
| Saying Goodbye | Email support@sayinggoodbye.org for help finding a counsellor |
In person support groups
| Sands
For anyone affected by pregnancy or baby loss |
https://www.sands.org.uk/support-you/how-we-offer-support/sands-groups |
| Miscarriage Association | https://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/how-we-help/support-groups/ |
Online support
| Tommy’s | https://www.facebook.com/groups/Tommysblsupport |
| Sands | Online support meetings: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ sands-support-meeting-online-tickets-152681034083Online community: https://sands.community/login
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| Miscarriage Association | https://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/how-we-help/online-support/ |
| Simba | https://simbacharity.org.uk/further-support/ |
| Twins Trust
Providing support for bereaved families with twins, triplets or more |
https://twinstrust.org/bereavement/supporting-you/online-communities.html |
| Footprints
Providing support for bereaved families with twins, triplets or more |
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/ 1FAIpQLSc2m4Vnn2xuJtspdfQRNxcXW 03oZ5uOyE72MKpB4N9oi7zd6w/viewformhttps:// www.facebook.com/groups/footprintsbabyloss/ |
| Ectopic Pregnancy Trust | Online forum: https://forum.ectopic.org.uk
Request to join zoom group session: |
Other resources
| Memory boxes services | https://shop.sands.org.uk/en/products/bereavement-support/ always-loved-never-forgotten-memory-boxhttps://simbacharity.org.uk/memory-boxes/ |
| Books | Ask Me His Name by Elle Wright
The Baby Loss Guide by Zoe Clark-Coates When a Baby Dies: The Experience of Late Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death by Alex Henley and Nancy Kohner
https://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/information/other-resources/books/
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| Podcasts | The Other Mothers with Caro, Elle and Jen
The Parent Hood Podcast by Marina Fogle The Worst Girl Gang Ever: The Podcast https://www.abigailsfootsteps.co.uk/ |
| Baby loss certificates
For losses before 24 weeks |
https://www.gov.uk/request-baby-loss-certificate |
Resources for specific patient groups
| Tommy’s helpline for black and black mixed-heritage women | https://www.tommys.org/pregnancy-information/about-tommys-pregnancy-information/video-call-service |
| Children of Jannah
Supports Muslim parents who have experienced the death of a child |
https://www.childrenofjannah.com
can arrange a Zoom call via their website |
| The Jewish Bereavement Counselling Service | 0208 951 3881 |
| LGBT Mummies miscarriage and baby loss support group | https://www.facebook.com/groups/985668155789877/?ref=share_group_link |