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Organizations we think are worth your time. We are not affiliated with any of them and receive nothing for listing them. They are grouped by how close their work sits to miscarriage itself.
Miscarriage and recurrent loss
Organizations whose main subject is pregnancy loss itself.
Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Association ↗RPLAA US non-profit for families who have had repeat miscarriages. Research grants, peer support groups, a patient registry, and plain-language material for patients and for clinics.
The HOPE Project ↗A study into the causes of recurrent loss using genome sequencing, led by Stanford with UCSF, Pittsburgh and OHSU.A study you can take part in, not a support service.
Tommy's ↗A UK charity funding the National Centre for Miscarriage Research, alongside a midwife-staffed support line.UK-based. The research is what the field runs on internationally; the care information is written for the NHS.
Miscarriage UK ↗formerly the Miscarriage AssociationA UK charity with a confidential support line, counselling, and guidance covering miscarriage, ectopic and molar pregnancy.UK-based.Professional guidance
The bodies whose guidelines your clinician is most likely following.
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) ↗: Sets the US standard for evaluating recurrent loss, and keeps a patient-facing library.
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) ↗: Practice bulletins and patient FAQs on early pregnancy loss and how it is managed.
Emotional and mental health support
For the part that no test result addresses.
- Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support ↗: Peer support by phone, email and in person, run by people who have had a loss themselves.
- Return to Zero: H.O.P.E. (RTZ) ↗: Support groups, workshops and retreats, and a directory of loss-informed care providers.
- Postpartum Support International (PSI) ↗: A helpline and provider directory for perinatal mental health, plus loss-specific groups.
Related, but a different focus
Neighbouring problems rather than the same one, and worth knowing apart.
- PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy ↗: Stillbirth prevention and advocacy, founded and run by bereaved parents.
- Star Legacy Foundation ↗: Stillbirth research, education and bereavement support, with chapters across the US.
- March of Dimes ↗: Prematurity, birth defects and maternal health, with a large public pregnancy library.
- The Iris Fund ↗: Funds basic science on preterm birth, on the grounds that how labour starts is still not understood.
- Healthy Moms Healthy Babies America ↗: A national campaign to cut US maternal mortality.
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