Pregnancy loss is experienced differently by every family, and support needs can change over time.
Rochester Regional Health is here to support you in whatever way feels right to you.
Grief & Healing Resources
Financial Support
Remembrance Events
Grief & Healing Resources
The support options below include both peer‑led groups and professional counseling to help individuals and families navigate pregnancy and infant loss.
Community & Peer Support
Peer and group support for pregnancy and infant loss.
- Who it’s for: Parents, grandparents, and families impacted by pregnancy loss, stillbirth, or infant loss
- Format:
- One‑to‑one peer companion support (phone, email, or in person)
- Virtual support groups for different types of loss and family roles
- When:
- Peer companion support available on an ongoing basis
- Virtual support groups meet weekly or monthly, depending on group type
- Where:
- Peer support available locally in Western New York
- Virtual groups held online
- Contact:
- Phone: (952) 715‑7731 ext. 715
- Email: westernny@starlegacyfoundation.org
- Additional support options include: early and late pregnancy loss, infant death (SUID/SIDS), pregnancy after loss, parenting after loss, dads’ groups, grandparents and extended family, and Spanish‑speaking support groups.
Grief support for parents after miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss.
- Format: In‑person group support
- When: 3rd Saturday of each month, 10:00–11:30 am
- Where: Ronald McDonald House, 333 Westmoreland Drive, Rochester
- Contact:
- Phone: (585) 275‑8304
- Email: Melissa Gaspard
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/urmcsail
Support for families after the loss of a child at any age.
- Format: In-person peer support group
- When: 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 7:00–8:30 pm
- Where: First Unitarian Church of Rochester
- Contact:
- Phone: (607) 329‑5072
- Email: Lisa
- Website: www.tcfrochester.org
For individuals and families experiencing perinatal loss, including miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, or early infant death
- Format: Community‑based education and support resources
- When: Ongoing availability
- Where: Western New York
- Contact: www.wnypbn.org
For mothers and families experiencing pregnancy or infant loss who are seeking faith‑based support
- Format: Christian peer support group
- When: 3rd Thursday of each month, 7:00–9:00 pm
- Where: Greece Assembly of God
- Contact:
- Phone: (585) 472‑5790
- Email: westernnewyork@hopemommies.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HMWNewYork
For local parents who have experienced pregnancy or infant loss
- Format: Informal peer support through phone, email, and a private Facebook group (no facilitated groups or in‑person meetings)
- When: Ongoing access
- Where: Online and by phone
- Contact:
- Phone: (585) 454‑9299
- Email: Forgotmenotrochester@gmail.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ForgetMeNotRochester/
Professional Counseling & Mental Health Support
An online directory that allows you to search for local therapists, filter by specialty, and view accepted insurance plans.
Offers compassionate counseling support for individuals navigating pregnancy, postpartum concerns, and loss.
(585) 760‑4090
https://www.maternalmentalhealthrochester.com/
Provides counseling services to support emotional well‑being, including grief, pregnancy‑related concerns, and life transitions.
Offers counseling services for individuals seeking emotional and mental health support.
Provides counseling services with experience in perinatal and postpartum mental health.
Provides individual counseling services for pregnancy loss and perinatal mental health.
Licensed clinical social work services for individuals seeking mental health support.
Counseling services supporting pregnancy, postpartum, and loss‑related mental health care.
Provides individual counseling and mental health support for individuals and families.
Provides counseling services focused on perinatal and postpartum mental health, including support following pregnancy and infant loss.
Offers counseling and support services for individuals and families.
Self-Guided Healing & Reflection
- Bereaved Parents of the USA
- Compassionate Friends
- Ending a Wanted Pregnancy
- Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth
- Grieving Dads
- Happy Sad Mama
- Hope After Loss
- MISS (Mothers In Sorrow & Sympathy) Foundation
- PALS (Pregnancy After Loss Support)
- Sad Dads Club
- Seleni Institute
- Still Birth Day
- Still Life With Circles
- Still Mothers: Living Childless After Loss
- Still Standing Magazine
- Tuesday’s Hope
Films
- Don’t Talk About The Baby - A documentary that explores the culture of shame and silence surrounding miscarriage, stillbirth and infertility. Too many men and women suffer in silence, and this film will be a tool for people to start conversations and spread awareness.
- Return To Zero - The story of a couple who are preparing for the arrival
of their first child and just weeks before their due date are devastated to discover their baby son has died in the womb and will be stillborn.
Podcasts
Losing a baby can also bring unexpected expenses at a difficult time. For families who qualify, there are organizations that offer assistance with funeral and burial costs.
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
The Monroe County Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives provides financial assistance to help eligible families with funeral and burial costs after the loss of an infant.
The TEARS Foundation
Provides financial assistance to help ease the cost of burial or cremation services for families who have lost a baby. Information about eligibility and how to apply is available on their website.
Remembrance Events
The Remembrance Ceremony
Each year, Rochester Regional Health hosts a remembrance ceremony to honor babies lost through miscarriage, stillbirth, infant loss, or SIDS. This gathering offers a quiet, meaningful space for reflection, memory‑making, and remembrance.
Check back for 2026 details
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Wave of Light
The Wave of Light is a nationally and internationally recognized observance held on Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day to honor babies lost through pregnancy or infant loss. Individuals and communities pause together to remember, reflect, and hold space for families impacted by loss.
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