Resources, information and sources of help
Gateway-women.com
A supportive, intelligent, friendly, compassionate, private online community of women from all over the world who 'get' what it's like to be a childless woman in our mother obsessed society.
fertility friends.co.uk
A large online community in the UK with members at every stage of their journey including infertility, adoption, pregnancy loss and moving on. Sign up is free.
stirrup-queens.com
This is a large, US based website that's a treasure chest of information - it is one of the only ones that is still going from my infertility days over a decade ago - read, navigate, explore - there's a lot of information, but there's nothing they don't know.
Books
Living the life unexpected by Jody Day - Jody Day addresses the experience of involuntary childlessness and provides a powerful, practical guide to help those negotiating a future without children to come to terms with their grief; a grief that is only just beginning to be recognised by society.
Grief Unseen: Healing Pregnancy Loss through the Arts by Laura Settle - An established art therapist and mental health counsellor, Laura Settle shares her own experiences of miscarriage and recovery. The book includes step by step exercises in guided imagery, poetry, visual art, journaling and creating rituals.
Podcasts
The full Stop - With Bernice Smith, Michael Hughes and Sarah Lawrence. Providing a cohesive voice to the childless-not-by-choice community, covering all the topics they are affected by.
Big Fat Negative - Journalists Emma and Gabby talk together about their infertility journeys, living the trauma they welcome you in.
thesisalicerose - IVF mum, there for those trying to be parents with mindset courses or more.
bigfatnegative - A back up to the podcast
Art Therapy
baat.org - The British Association of Art Therapists
