Bereavement support – Pregnancy & Baby Loss

A Little Lifetime Foundation

Formerly – Irish Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society.

18 Orion Business Campus,
Rosemount Business Park,
Ballycoolin,
Blanchardstown,
Dublin.

Tel: (01) 882 9030.
E-mail: info@alittlelifetime.ie
Web: www.alittlelifetime.ie

Féileacáin

Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Association of Ireland

37 North Street,
Skibbereen,
Co Cork

Support Line: 085-249 6464.
Office: (028) 513 01
E-mail: admin@feileacain.ie
Web: www.feileacain.ie

Ectopic Pregnancy Ireland

Support and information for all who have been affected by ectopic pregnancy

Carmichael House,
North Brunswick Street,
Dublin 7.

Tel: 089 436 5742.
Email: info@ectopicireland.ie
Web: www.ectopicireland.ie

Molar Pregnancy Information & Support

National Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Registry, Monitoring and Advisory Centre

Cork University Maternity Hospital,
Wilton,
Cork.

Tel: (021) 4920526
Email: gtd@hse.ie
Web: www.cuh.hse.ie/Cork-University-Maternity-Hospital/Gynaecology/GTD-Centre

Anam Cara

Anam Cara Parental and sibling bereavement support on the loss of a child.

HCL House,
Second Avenue,
Cookstown Industrial Estate,
Tallaght,
Dublin 24.

Tel:  01 404 5378
Mobile: 085 288 8888
Email: info@anamcara.ie
Web: www.anamcara.ie

United Kingdom Miscarriage Association

Providing Miscarriage Support and Information in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.

Web: www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk

The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust (EPT)

To raise awareness of ectopic pregnancies amongst women of childbearing age, the medical profession and the general public.

The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust,
483 Green Lanes,
London,
N13 4BS

Web: actopic.org.uk

The Ectopic Pregnancy Foundation

The Ectopic Pregnancy Foundation (EPF) has been established with the aim of improving the care of women with a diagnosis, or possible diagnosis, of ectopic pregnancy.

Patient Helpline: +44 (0) 845 070 4636.
Contact us: info@theepf.org
Web:www.ectopicpregnancy.co.uk

Patient Advocacy Service

An independent, free and confidential service which supports people to make a complaint about the care they have experienced in hospital setting.

Level 3, Rear Unit Marshalsea Court

22/23 Merchant’s Quay, Dublin 8

D08 AEY8

National Line: 0818 293003

W: www.patientadvocacyservice.ie |

Tommys – Information and support on miscarriage

Tel:  0044 20 7398 3400
Email: mailbox@tommys.org
Web: www.tommys.org/pregnancy-information/pregnancy-complications/miscarriage

Leanbh Mo Chroí

Women and men who have gone through the heart-breaking experience of receiving a fatal or severe diagnosis during pregnancy who support others who find themselves on a similar journey.

Email: lmcbereavement@gmail.com
Web: LMC Support

Infertility and Adoption

NISIG – National Infertility and Support & Information Group

Infertility can be an isolating experience. You are not alone.

P.O. Box 131,
Togher,
Cork

Tel: 087 787 5058 (anytime) – Confidentiality is assured
Email: info@nisigireland.com
Web:www.nisig.com

The Adoption Authority of Ireland

Responsible for registering and supervising the Registered Adoption Societies and for maintaining the Adoption Societies Register. The Adoption Authority of Ireland is also responsible for granting declarations of eligibility and suitability to prospective adopters in advance of their adopting abroad and for maintaining the Register of Foreign Adoptions in which details of inter-country adoptions are entered.

The Adoption Authority of Ireland
Shelbourne House
Ballsbridge
Dublin 4
DO4 H6F6

Tel: (01) 230 9300
E-mail: adoptioninfo@aai.gov.ie
Web:www.aai.gov.ie

Depression

Samaritans

What-ever you are going through, whether you think it is big or small, you don’t have to bottle it up.

4-5 Ushers Court,
Ushers Quay,
Dublin, 8

Tel:  Free phone 116 123
Text: 087 260 90 90
Email: jo@samaritans.ie
Web: www.dublinsamaritans.ie
Web: www.samaritans.org

AWARE

Helping to defeat Depression

9 Upper Leeson Street,
Dublin, 2.

Tel: (01) 661 7211.
Helpline 1880  80 48 48
E-mail: supportmail@aware.ie
Web: www.aware.ie

Pieta House

Pieta – Feeling afraid or alone – talk to a therapist any time of day or night
Call Free on 1800 247 247 or Text HELP to 51444

Head office:
Pieta House Dublin,
First Floor,
Greenhills Retail Park,
Tallaght,
Dublin 24

Email: info@pieta.ie
Telephone:01 4585490
Website:www.pieta.ie

Hospitals

National Maternity Hospital

Caring for women prior to, during and after childbirth as well as providing a full range of gynaecological services.

Holles Street,
Dublin 2

Tel: (01) 637 3100
Web: www.nmh.ie

The Coombe Women’s Hospital

The hospital provides an extensive women’s healthcare service in Ireland, with more than seven thousand babies born here each year, an extensive pre- and post-natal programme for parents, expert care for sick and premature babies from all over the country, and the largest gynaecological service in Ireland.

Coombe Women’s Hospital,
Cork St.,
Dublin 8
DO8 XW7X

Tel: (01) 408 5200
Web: www.coombe.ie

Rotunda Hospital

Providing maternity services to women and their families for hundreds of years. General gynaecology, infertility service, menopause clinic, colposcopy clinic, recurrent miscarriage clinic and early pregnancy loss clinic.

The Rotunda Hospital,
Parnell Square,
Dublin 1,
DO1 P5W9

Tel: (01) 8171700.
Web: www.rotunda.ie

Cork University Maternity Hospital

CUMH opened in March 2007 and involved the amalgamation of maternity services from Erinville Hospital, St. Finbarr’s Maternity Hospital, Bon Secours Maternity Unit and Gynaecology services from Cork University Hospital.

Cork University Hospital,
Wilton,
Cork,
Ireland

Tel: (021) 4922000
Web: www.cuh.hse.ie

St Mary’s Recurrent Miscarriage Unit

More than 1,000 couples are treated annually at the Recurrent Miscarriage Clinic (RMC), the largest referral unit of its kind in Europe and part of the obstetrics and gynaecology service at St Mary’s.

Winston Churchill Wing,
St Mary’s Hospital,
Praed Street,
Paddington,
London W2 1NY,
United Kingdom.

Tel: 0044 2033 121 323
Web: www.imperial.nhs.uk/services/maternity

Other Websites

AIMS Ireland Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services Ireland

To highlight and campaign for normal birth and mother-friendly birth practices in Ireland and provide information, research & support.

Email: support@aimsireland.com
Web: www.aimsireland.com

Health Service Executive

The HSE is responsible for providing health and personal social services to everyone living in Ireland.

Email: info@hse.ie
Web: www.hse.ie

Carmichael Centre for Voluntary Groups

Carmichael Centre is the first, largest and busiest shared facility for charities in Ireland.

Carmichael House
4-7 North Brunswick Street,
Dublin 7,
D07 RHA8

Web: www.carmichaelcentre.ie

Pregnancy & Infant Loss Ireland

This site aims to signpost bereaved parents and healthcare staff to support structures and knowledge about pregnancy and infant loss, in an Irish context.  It is intended for use by both parents and healthcare professionals and is an output of The National Standards for Bereavement Care Following Pregnancy Loss and Perinatal Death.

Web:  www.pregnancyandinfantloss.ie

The Miscarriage Association of Ireland has as its headquarters the Carmichael Centre for Voluntary Groups. Along with many other voluntary organisations, we use the Centre as a base for correspondence, telephone contact referrals and occasional meetings. We also have the availability of a shared-desk facility. There are 46 resident member charities located in Carmichael Centre and hundreds of external organisations who access services and supports. Please note that the Association does not have personnel on-site on a permanent basis, please check our website for details of support group meetings and telephone support.