Compassionate Friends- Loss of a Grandchild (Facebook Group)

Welcome to The Compassionate Friends. This private Facebook group is here to support any grandparent or anyone who identifies as a grandparent who have experienced the loss of a grandchild of any age under any circumstances.

TCF - Miscarriage, Stillbirth, Loss of an Infant Grandchild

Welcome to the Compassionate Friends. This private Facebook group is here to offer support for any grandparent or anyone who identifies as a grandparent or step-grandparent who have experienced the loss of a grandchild from miscarriage, stillbirth or infancy. This could be both through medicaly induced delivery as well as loss of life during pregnancy. This could also be due to nonviable pregnancies or this could be loss of life with full term pregnancy.

PSI Online Support For Families Touched by Postpartum Psychosis (PPP)

1st Wednesday at 6pm. FREE, but registration required. Perinatal and postpartum psychosis impacts the entire family. Supporting your loved one through a mental health crisis is taxing and you also deserve support. Led by PSI-trained facilitators, this group helps family members find support for themselves as well as provides useful information and resources to help them navigate their loved one’s experience with PPP. Whether your family’s PPP experience was relatively recent or occurred years ago, you are welcome to attend our free, online peer-to-peer support group.

Star Legacy Grandparents & Extended Family Group (For loss support)

This group is intended for grandparents and other extended family who have experienced pregnancy or infant death. Meets the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the Month at 7 PM. Facilitated by: Joann O’Leary, PHD, MPH, MS, IM-ER(IV). FREE, but registration is required.

Pregnancy After Loss Family Support Group - Grandparents, Partners & Friends Facebook Group

This is a private group run by PregnancyAfterLossSupport.com for grandparents, partners & friends of moms pregnant again after a loss. We love supporting you when your family member is pregnant after loss and we know how difficult this journey can be so please feel free to share pictures, journal entries, group posts and other creative ways to celebrate and support others on this journey through free expression of your story.

PSI Birth Mom Support Group

1st Wednesday of every month at 7 PM ET/ 4 PM PT

Our online Birth Mom Support Group provides connection for birth moms/first moms who place a baby for adoption. This group is intended for women who are considering adoption, have placed a child or have had a child placed for adoption. Whether your child was born recently or years ago you are welcome to join us for peer support. Register here.

Foster Parent Specialized Coordinator

Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders are not only experienced by biological parents, and PSI’s Specialized Coordinator for Foster Parents provide understanding and support for these parents who are struggling.

Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders are experienced by more than just biological birthing parents. Intended Parents (IPs) and gestational surrogates can also experience challenges with mood and anxiety. Often, the experience of surrogacy is accompanied by infertility, grief, and/or loss.

https://resolve.org/learn/what-are-my-options/surrogacy/

https://www.reproductivefacts.org/news-and-publications/fact-sheets-and-infographics/gestational-carrier-surrogate/

For The Intended Parent

• Experiencing Surrogacy: Perspective and Advice from a Surrogate’s and Intended Parent’s Pregnancy Journey Together (Book)

• Your Future Family: The Essential Guide to Assisted Reproduction (What You Need to Know About Surrogacy, Egg Donation, and Sperm Donation)  (Book)

• Intended Parent Resources – Family Makers (website with 16 different resources)

For The Gestational Carrier (not biologically related to baby)

• Labor of Love: Gestational Surrogacy and the Work of Making Babies (Book)

• The Biggest Ask – a website dedicated to educating anyone interested in gestational surrogacy in the USA.

For The Traditional Surrogate (biologically related to baby)

• Experiencing Surrogacy: Perspective and Advice from a Surrogate’s and Intended Parent’s Pregnancy Journey Together (Book)

For young children

• The Kangaroo Pouch: A Story about Surrogacy for Young Children (Book)

• My Mom is a Surrogate

PSI’s Specialized Coordinator for Surrogacy provides understanding and support for both IPs, as well as, traditional and gestational surrogates.