Coping with a miscarriage is a tragic life experience. It’s a life-changing event that can feel isolating. But, people don’t have to go through such trauma alone. There are several reading materials, including Hope for Healing: A Guide to Depression After Pregnancy and Infant Loss, (which is available in English and Spanish), and groups and services are available in New Jersey for people suffering such a loss. Here are resources in New Jersey available for those dealing with a miscarriage.
A Healing Time
Meeting on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7:00PM, A Healing Time hosts a virtual support group for pregnancy interruption. To RSVP and attend the virtual group, contact Kathy Donaldson at KDonaldson@CJFHC.org. Donaldson can also be reached by phone at (732) 937-5437 ext. 179.
Perinatal and Infant Loss Virtual Support Group
This virtual group meets on the third Thursday of every month from 6:00PM to 7:00PM pm to 7PM. The online group is organized by Vu-An Foster, Founder of Life After 2 Losses, and Andrea Booker, RN, Fetal Infant Mortality Review Program Manager at the Partnership. It aims to offer information and resources for parents who have experienced a loss due to miscarriage, stillbirth, or sudden unexplained infant loss. The group is free of charge and available to families across northern New Jersey.
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Pockets of Light
This Montclair-based foundation offers a weekly, drop-in perinatal loss group. Couples are encouraged to attend this weekly group together, and those interested can get information by contacting the foundation directly. It also offers individual, one-on-one peer support for those not willing to discuss in a group.
Remembering Our Babies | 205 Pheasant Hollow Drive, Plainsboro
This organization was created to provide support and awareness for those who have suffered a pregnancy-related loss. Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is October 15, and this group offers an array of events, activities, and resources for every state. For the New Jersey chapter, contact Lisa Brown at (609) 275-0866 or at basil1964@aol.com.
Riverview Share Group
This group meets at the Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank on the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30PM in the center’s Jane Brooker Conference Center. It’s located on the first floor of the Booker Building. For more information, contact Pam Rossano, RNC at 732-530-2315 or PAMRN30@aol.com.
SIDS Center of New Jersey | 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick
Services for stillbirth or miscarriage families are offered, but limited inside the department of pediatrics on the third floor. For more information, contact Thomas Hegyi, Dr. Barbara Ostfeld, or Dr. Linda Esposito. Call 800-545-7437 or 800-545-7437 to understand the available resources.
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St. Peter’s University Hospital New Brunswick | 254 Easton Avenue, New Brunswick New Jersey
St. Peter’s University Hospital’s share group meets on the third Thursday of every month at 7:00PM. It’s located in the employee cafeteria conference room and has been around since October 2015. To join the group, contact Irina Mariano-Brown at 732-745-8600 extension 5214, or imariano@saintpetersuh.com.
TEARS Center for Pregnancy & Infant Loss | 111 West Broad Street, Palmyra
This foundation offers statewide support groups across the country, and the New Jersey offerings include support groups for both parents and grandparents alike. To get more information about this group, contact: (848) 469-8180 or NewJerseyChapter@thetearsfoundation.org.
