Pregnancy & Infant Loss Resources
We're here for you and your family
Our goal is to support you and your family as you care for your unborn baby or newborn, with full respect for your personal values, beliefs and traditions. Our team of caring professionals can:
- Help meet the individual physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of you and your family
- Offer step-by-step support in planning for delivery and aftercare
- Support you and your family in creating lasting memories of your child
- Provide private tours of Bryan’s labor and delivery and neonatal care areas
- Offer ongoing personalized support and connections to helpful community resources
Our team includes:
- Your own doctor
- Neonatal specialist doctors
- Nurses
- Social workers
- Pastoral care
If you would like more information, please contact the Butterfly Memories team at 402-481-8011 or Butterfly_Memories@bryanhealth.org.
Walk to Remember
Each spring and fall a memorial service is held at Lincoln Memorial Funeral Park for families who have lost a baby to miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth or neonatal death. We will send you an invitation to this special service for the walk following your loss.
For more information, contact perinatal bereavement at 402-481-8011.
Certificates
If your baby is less than 20 weeks gestation: A certificate of non-viable birth can be requested through the Department of Health and Human Services.
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If your baby is more than 20 weeks gestation: Our staff will submit a certificate of birth resulting in still birth or birth certificate and death certificate.
Community Resources
Bridges
For families who experience a pregnancy loss through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth or newborn death. Support is provided on a one-to-one basis throughout the first year following a perinatal loss. Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center, 555 S. 70th St.
Call 402-219-7065.
Christ Place
Designed to assist people experiencing grief and loss issues in a loving small-group
Christian setting. Offered in the fall and winter at 1111 Old Cheney Rd. in Lincoln.
Call 402-421-1111.
Connected Forever
Connected Forever is a local 501c3 non-profit organization. Our mission is to support families who have experienced premature birth or infant loss through resources, education and emotional support. These experiences can be a difficult journey for families and our hope is that no family endures their journey alone. Follow us on Facebook or visit our website to learn about our programs, events and resources.
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EMBRACE
For families who have received a diagnosis of a life-limiting condition for their baby during pregnancy. A nurse is available prior to admission to assist you in planning for the birth of your baby.
Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center, 555 S. 70th St.
Call 402-219-7065.
GriefShare
GriefShare is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences. You don’t have to go through the grieving process alone. GriefShare is available in Lincoln at First Evangelical Free Church (call 402-483-7635), Lincoln Berean Church (Contact Dave or Chris at 402-483-6512), or Southwood Lutheran Church (contact Pam Dinneen
at 402-423-5511).
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Grief Support Group
HealthConnect at Home with Saint Elizabeth’s Hospice offers six-week session
support groups for any adult who has experienced the loss of a loved one.
Call 402-219-7750 or to register for a group call 402-219-7000.
Healing Embrace
HEALing Embrace strives to bring hope and healing to the grieving hearts and to celebrate and honor the lives of babies gone too soon.
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Group
Currently offered the second and fourth Thursday of each month through Zoom. Open to any adult or teen, grieving a pregnancy or infant loss. Registration is available through our website.
Weighted Bears
Created with love and assembled by caring volunteers at the weight of the baby lost, these keepsake bears provide a surrogate that helps family members start their journey toward healing. This unique gift provides families with a physical connection to their newest member. Order online through our website.
Care Packages
Customizable care packages full of resources to bring hope and sooth a grieving heart. Items are hand-picked for the recipient individuals and families and include books, journals, activities and self-care items appropriate to the relationship and type
of loss. Order online through our website.
HEALs to the Pavement
Each October, in recognition of pregnancy and infant loss awareness month, this event provides an opportunity for community members to gather in remembrance and support of one another. Proceeds support the programs and services of HEALing Embrace.
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Healing Hearts
Healing Hearts assists Catholic families in the grief process. Healing Hearts counselors can meet and work with the family to help them understand the painful loss experienced by the parents and siblings, and help them to be a support. Healing Hearts provides a trained therapist, or a trained volunteer who has experienced the loss of a baby, to be of assistance. They also offer a six-week group session. It meets on Monday nights from 7-9 p.m. This group has two sessions per year.
Call 402-890-0936.
Horisun Hospice
We offer six-week support group sessions held in the spring and fall which are open to the public. Sessions are held at 3883 Normal Blvd. #108 in Lincoln.
Call 402-484-6444.
Journey Through Living, LLC
Couch Conversations are small group seminars involving you and your support system. Couch Conversations include education and support from the facilitator and those you invite to participate. Individual consultations are available to enhance capacity for personal and social functioning, assisting with personal adjustment to crisis and transition and education about creating and sustaining personal change. Workshop presentations are available to be delivered to businesses, agencies, civic and religious organizations, campus groups and classrooms or any gathering of people.
Call 402-217-3333 or email journeythroughliving@yahoo.com
Mourning Hope Grief Center
Offers a variety of small sessions specific to your loss, including sibling workshops and support groups throughout the year. Mourning Hope also has a lending library for grief related topics. Located at 4919 Baldwin Ave. in Lincoln.
Call 402-488-8989 or email hope@mourninghope.org
Woven Charm
Our mission is simple yet powerful: to guide and support families who are currently navigating the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Through our curated support packages, compassionate services, and unwavering support, we strive to be a beacon of hope and comfort during this challenging time.
www.wovencharm.org
Postpartum Support International (PSI)
Postpartum Support International (PSI) purpose is to increase awareness among public and professional communities about the emotional changes that women experience during pregnancy and postpartum. The PSI HelpLine is a toll-free telephone number anyone can call to get basic information, support, and resources.
Call 1-800-944-4773 (4PPD) #1 En Español or #2 English
Text “Help” to 800-944-4773 (English) Text en Español 971-203-7773
www.postpartum.net
No Footprint Too Small
Our mission is to support mothers and families who have experienced pregnancy and/or infant loss by offering birth and bereavement doula support, the support of other volunteer bereaved mothers and families with the assistance of a volunteer mental health professional, as well as by providing referrals to helpful resources related to pregnancy and infant loss.
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