The Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Program is here to assist families who have experienced loss as a result of miscarriage, premature birth, stillbirth or during infancy.

The initial stages of grief may leave families with overwhelming emotions such as shock, guilt, anger or sadness. Families may find themselves feeling isolated from even their own family members and/or friends.

Services provided through the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Program include:

• Telephone counseling and support
• Short term individual and/or family counseling
• Lending library of books and supportive materials
• Support mailings
• Volunteer parent mentors who have experienced similar losses
• Annual Memorial “ A Walk to Remember”
• Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Group

The Pregnancy and Infant Loss Program is available by contacting the Hospice of Little Traverse Bay main office at (231) 487-4825.

Additional resources offered by HOLTB:
The Compassionate Friends - a nonprofit, self-help support organization that assists 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.

The Compassionate Friends offers friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings. There is no religious affiliation and there are no membership dues or fees.

The secret of TCF's success is simple: As seasoned grievers reach out to the newly bereaved, energy that has been directed inward begins to flow outward and both are helped to heal. The vision of The Compassionate Friends is that everyone who needs us will find us and everyone who finds us will be helped.

Local chapter:
The Compassionate Friends-Safe Harbor Chapter

Meets the third Monday of each month from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 1804 E. Mitchell in Petoskey, Michigan.