Support Groups
"Never in a billion years, would I have ever believed I could have survived the pain...I share this to give you hope, that even if you don't think you can do this... you can."
- Zoe Clark Coates
HAND of the Bay Area (Helping After Neonatal Death)
HAND offers support to parents and their loved ones who are grieving the loss of a baby before, during, or after birth. They hold virtual and in person support groups for grief, pregnancy after loss, parenting after loss, and peer support. Groups throughout Bay Area.
Support After Neonatal Death (SAND)
Virtual support groups for parents grieving pregnancy loss and infant death, including miscarriage, stillbirth, loss of a pregnancy that was wanted, but interrupted, after prenatal diagnosis or for maternal health and infant death in the first year of life. Offered to both Sutter and non-Sutter patients. Free - no registration required. Email for details.
The Circle Family Center in Aptos
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Circle - free in person support group.
Family Tree Wellness in Santa Cruz
Virtual support group for those experiencing stillbirth, miscarriage, and infant death. Additional support group for those experiencing trauma following childbirth complications.
A support group for individuals and couples grieving the interruption of a wanted pregnancy after prenatal diagnosis.
Free - open to UCSF and non-UCSF patients. Email for details.
Provide support to families after the loss of a child at any age. Both virtual and local support groups offered. See website for details.
Pregnancy After Loss Support (PALS)
Resources and virtual support group and community via Facebook.
Postpartum Support International (PSI)
Virtual support groups and resources for loss + grief in pregnancy + postpartum
