Our Favorite Support Resources
Our Support Resources
Our downloadable handout with 5 coping tips for infertility & pregnancy/infant loss. Click here to view and download the PDF!
Check out our our free blog posts and podcast episodes here for educational and supportive content about navigating infertility, baby loss, or being single.
October infertility retreat in greater Tulsa, OK
Edward is pleased to join Springs in the Desert once again to help facilitate one of their signature infertility retreats! This time, he will be traveling to Oklahoma to help offer an overnight retreat Friday-Saturday, October 24-25 at Church of St. Benedict in Broken Arrow, OK in the greater Tulsa area. Springs' retreats offer powerful reflections, validation, encouragement, and community for the individuals and couples that attend them; we’ve seen it personally! We cannot recommend it more to anyone struggling with infertility in Oklahoma, the surrounding areas, or anywhere someone's willing to travel from! Share this retreat information with anyone who could benefit- we would love to have them! Visit this link for more information and to register!
Other Favorite Infertility Resources
Springs in the Desert is a Catholic infertility ministry providing nationwide social, emotional, and spiritual community and peer support. They are a place of respite, solidarity, and encouragement – wherever you are on the path of infertility, or in the experience of pregnancy loss. Check out their blog, podcast, online resources, small groups, and virtual and in-person events! Edward is a professional contributor to their blog, podcast, and events and we are proud to officially collaborate with Springs! Learn more about them here.
Catholic Infertility Resources- website and Instagram account (@catholic.infertility.coaching) run by Paula Gallagher, providing information, resources, encouragement, and community for Catholics with infertility & loss. Paula also offers coaching services as a peer who has extensive personal experience navigating infertility.
Recommended Infertility Books: When Expecting Hasn’t Happened by Dr. Marie Meaney, Under the Laurel Tree by Dr. Nicole Roccas, and Twelve Stripes Deep by Mary Bruno.
Other Pregnancy & Infant Loss Resources
Red Bird Ministries is a Catholic child loss support organization that systematically guides individuals and couples through the complexity and trauma of losing a child through miscarriage or stillbirth or as an infant, child, adolescent, or adult. They also serve families who have lost a loved one to suicide. They provide families of loss across the country with community, online and in-person support, grief education, and resources to find healing and restoration, and provide dioceses and parishes with training, programs, systems, and resources to help families navigate grief. Check out their offerings, including a grief support app, comfort calls, spiritual direction, a podcast and blog, bereavement gifts, small groups, local chapters, and more! Edward is a contributor to Red Bird Ministries’ small group offerings, trainings, and publications and we are proud to partner with them. Learn more about their lovely organization here.
Back In His Arms Again is a Catholic faith-based ministry that provides education, care, guidance, and financial services for families experiencing the loss of a baby (miscarriage, stillbirth, death after birth) or a child up to age 2. Located in greater Columbus, Ohio, they aid families with funeral and memorial service arrangements, burial assistance, financial assistance, peer support, memorial masses, and events. They also partner with Resurrection Cemetery in Lewis Center, Ohio to offer the Garden of the Holy Innocents, a place to bury babies under 20 weeks gestation or who have been cremated. Learn more about them here.
Morgan’s Place Cemetery is a faith-based support ministry that assists Ohio families through the grieving process when experiencing the loss of a baby. Located on an 80-acre farm in Sidney, Ohio, they help provide birth planning, funeral and burial services (including burial on the tranquil cemetery grounds), grave markers and memorial wall markers, handmade caskets, burial gowns, miscarriage kits, memory-making, and post-partum support groups and activities for grieving parents, all at no cost. Learn more about their beautiful work here.
Sufficient Grace Ministries is a Christian baby loss ministry based in Deshler and Toledo, Ohio (NW Ohio) providing support to families across Ohio who have lost a baby at any gestation or age. They offer perinatal hospice services for prenatal life-limiting diagnoses, 24/7 emergent doula support for families losing a baby (text, call, app), birth planning, memory-making materials available for worldwide shipment, remembrance photography, online and in-person support groups, and birth professional trainings. Learn more about their crucial services here.
Heaven’s Gain Ministries is a ministry based in Cincinnati, Ohio that provides support, education, and supplies for couples experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth, or early newborn death. They offer practical supplies such as miscarriage kits and baby caskets and urns, time-sensitive support through their hotline, and social support through peer support, support groups, and more. You may learn more about them here.
Recommended Baby Loss Books: Empty Arms by Pam Vredevelt, Hiding in the Upper Room by Kelly Breaux, A Catholic Guide to Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss by Abigail Jorgensen, and The Grief of Dads by Patrick O’Hearn and Bryan Feger.
Want a downloadable PDF version of this infertility & baby loss resource list? Click here to view and download!
