GBS Support

We offer many resources for learning about, coping with, and promoting awareness of GBS

Allison Hugs
This foundation was started by a GBS mom whose daughter, Allison, has been affected by GBS spinal meningitis.  Hugs Bag are filled with hotel-sized necessities and distributed to local pediatric hospitals so that parents will feel more comfortable and be able to stay at their child's bedside.

Chronicgbs
A listserve organized to provide resources regarding chronic GBS vaginitis in both pregnant and non-pregnant women.

Group B Strep Information List;
Listen, Learn, Spread the Word
An excellent listserve for GBS support and information.

iVillage Group B Strep message board
A place for parents who are looking for more information on Group B Strep after learning they are GBS positive.

Learn about Group B Strep
Offers several e-mail mailing lists which support families who have felt the effects of Group B Strep

Missing GRACE Foundation
The mission of Missing GRACE Foundation is to provide resources and support for families that have experienced: pregnancy loss, infant loss, infertility or adoption and to advocate for comprehensive, patient focused prenatal care for all women.

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Grief Support

The Compassionate Friends
The mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist 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.

First Candle/SIDS Alliance
Whether you are seeking information on ways to help your baby survive and thrive or have experienced the death of a precious infant to SIDS, Stillbirth or other cause of infant death, this site is your gateway to support. For more information, feel free to call First Candle toll free at (800) 221-7437. Grief counselors are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Healing Hearts
The mission of Healing Hearts is to help parents who have lost a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death. Through their newsletter and organization they offer friendship and support and encourage you to share your thoughts, feelings, ideas, poems, pictures, and stories.

The MISS Foundation
The MISS Foundation is committed to providing crisis support and long term aid to families after the death of a child from any cause.

CONTRIBUTE A RESOURCE

If you are a GBS survivor and have found a support resouce that has been particularly helpful, please share it with us! For basic information on GBS, visit our GBS info pages.

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