Comox Valley Resources for Families who have experienced the loss. Crisis Centre 24 hour Distress Phone Service
1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433)
Vancouver Island Crisis Line
Do you need support? Are you upset, overwhelmed, frustrated or grieving? Is your pain so bad that you sometimes think of suicide? The Vancouver Island Crisis Line is available 7 nights/week 6 to 10 pm. Telephone: 1-888-494-3888
Link: http://www.vicrisis.ca
The Comox Valley Pregnancy Care Centre
No matter your age or situation you can receive caring, non-judgmental, informative, and FREE peer-counseling in complete confidentiality. No doctor's referral is needed. Call (250) 334-0058 or Text only: (250) 898-7670 or msg their page. http://www.cvpregcare.ca/
http://www.stillbirthday.com/
The Pregnancy and Infant Loss Society
http://pailnetwork.ca/resources/ http://www.october15.ca
Health link BC has a section on grieving. http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthtopics/content.asp?hwid=hw44090
Compassionate Friends Canada has a Comox Valley/Campbell River division. Their mandate is to support families when a child dies. They have a website, phone and email www.tcfcanada.net
1-250-202-2593
comoxvalley@tcfcanada.net
The local hospice also has many books and does provide some counselling services. www.comoxhospice.com is their website. Losing a Child - Books available
An Empty Cradle, A Full Heart: Reflections For Mothers And Fathers After Miscarriage
Stillbirth And Infant Death ;Lafser, Christine O`Keeffe
Finding Your Way After Your Child Dies; Wezeman, Phyllis Vos
Footprints On Our Hearts: How To Cope After A Miscarriage
Stillbirth Or Newborn Death; Hamilton, Charity
How To Survive The Loss Of A Child: Filling The Emptiness And Rebuilding Your Life; Sanders, Catherine M. Loriana, Forever My Sweetheart; Prenz, Gina
Pen-Parents Of Canada Newsletter: A Journal For Grieving Parents
The Bereaved Parent; Schiff, Harriet Sarnoff
The Chance To Say Goodbye: Hope For Grieving Parents; Kerlee, Janice Cross
The Worst Loss: How Families Heal From The Death Of A Child; Rosof, Barbara D. Unsung Lullabies; Leaney, Cindy
We Will Meet Again In Heaven; Zachert, Christel
When The Bough Breaks: Coping With SIDS
