GBS Parent Connection​
Group B Strep International’s Facebook “Group” Page
​Join our Facebook group to connect with other GBS parents and keep posted about GBS awareness and prevention opportunities.
Grief/Trauma Support​
Grief Support​
Babies Remembered

​This site offers valuable support and resources for bereaved parents and families! Babies Remembered is also an excellent site regarding advocacy work, bereavement support training, speakers, care guidelines, and networking for professionals.  

The Compassionate Friends

The mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide information to help others be supportive.

First Candle/SIDS Alliance

Whether you are seeking information on ways to help your baby survive and thrive or have experienced the death of a precious infant to SIDS, Stillbirth or other cause of infant death, this site is your gateway to support. For more information, feel free to call First Candle toll free at (800) 221-7437. Grief counselors are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Healing Hearts for Noah

This Facebook page is dedicated to helping bereaved families who have lost a child due to miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death because of their son, Noah, who lived only two days due to group B strep.

Jalen’s Gift Foundation

The Jalen’s Gift Foundation is dedicated to assisting parents grieving from the devastating effects of infant mortality. JGF wants to ease the process of loss by providing financial assistance, emotional support, and informational resources on pregnancy and infant loss to the community and provide a memorial keepsake to the suffering families.

Jalen’s Gift Facebook Grief Support Group

This is a very supportive closed online grief support group which you can ask to join.

Learn Psychology’s Webpage “Navigating Grief: A Guidebook for Grief Awareness & Understanding”

Highlights of this guide include:
– Extensive resources to help those coping with grief
– Comprehensive look at the various types of grief
– Specific resources for supporting those dealing with loss and trauma

Loss Doulas International

Compassionate and informed Loss Doulas supporting Baby Loss moms and families.

The MISS Foundation

The MISS Foundation is committed to providing crisis support and long term aid to families after the death of a child from any cause.

Missing GRACE Foundation

​The mission of Missing GRACE Foundation is to provide resources and support for families that have experienced: pregnancy loss, infant loss, infertility or adoption and to advocate for comprehensive, patient focused prenatal care for all women.

Grief/Trauma Resources

Grief Resources
Silent loss and the clinical encounter: Parents’ and physicians’ experiences of stillbirth–a qualitative analysis.
​Maureen C Kelley and Susan B Trinidad.
BioMed Central Pregnancy and Childbirth. 201212:137.

​How not to say the wrong thing.
Susan Silk and Barry Goldman
Los Angeles Times. April 7, 2013. 

How to Help a Grieving Friend: 11 Things to Do When You’re Not Sure What to Do.Megan Devine
The Huffington Post. Nov. 25, 2013. Updated: Feb. 22, 2016. 
Trauma Resources
"What Life Is Like After Having My Son Fight for His Life in the ICU" blog by GBS mom, Amanda Caldwell.
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