Hope & Healing Community Resources
An important part of my job is providing you with information and linking you to resources during your grief journey. I have listed some local resources which are most frequently sought after. Please contact me if I can help you find any specific information or resources not listed here.
Antelope Valley Birth Resource Network
The AVBRN is a collective of birth professionals who have recognized a need for quality support for the pregnant women of the Antelope Valley and their families before, during and after childbirth. They are a group of highly trained and certified midwives, birth doulas, postpartum doulas, childbirth educators, placenta encapsulators, and belly binding instructors.
Doulas of Santa Clarita Valley
This website will help you find Labor and Postpartum Doulas, Childbirth and Breastfeeding Educators, as well as preferred providers serving the Santa Clarita Valley and surrounding areas.
Stillbirthday
A wonderful website filled with hope, healing, and support. Offers compassionate information and resources for birth in any trimester, and infant loss. A free 12 week mentorship program is also available.
First Candle
The website is filled with several online support resources for grieving families.
Grief Counselors are available 24/7 at 1.800.221.7437.
Grayce & Kindness
A beautiful website born from the love of a family for their son. The website offers hope and prayers, opportunities for sharing your story, and practical ways to help families. Grayce & Kindness invites you to join their #grayceandkindness movement on social media to help spread your acts of grace and kindness in honor of your loved ones.
Return to Zero H.O.P.E.
Based upon the wonderful positive impact of the film, Return to Zero, RTZ: H.O.P.E. is a community of bereaved families and their health providers who are transforming the culture of pregnancy and infant loss through awareness, education, and support. They also offer wonderful support resources in Spanish.
Star Legacy Foundation
Star Legacy Foundation is a community of health professionals, families, researchers, policy makers, and advocates dedicated to healthy pregnancy outcomes and stillbirth prevention. They provide education, support research, offer family support, raise awareness, and encourage advocacy regarding pregnancy loss and neonatal death.
Hello Grief
Comfort Zone Camp developed HelloGrief to start a discussion about the impact of loss, and how to help grieving persons cope; as well as build a community of support for those living with grief.
Doulas
Pear Baby Doula
Rosalyn Skelton, SBD
Certified Birth & Bereavement Doula
Lancaster, CA
661-666-2423
pearbabydoula@gmail.com
Your Peaceful Birth
Patty Grider, SBD
Certified Birth & Bereavement Doula
Lancaster, CA
661-350-1644
yourpeacefulbirth@gmail.com
Doula 4 the Soul
Debra Osterkamp, CLD, CPD
Bereavement Doula In Training
661-964-8369
Doula4theSoul@yahoo.com
Midwives
Antelope Valley Birth Center
Tesa Kurin, BSBM, CPM, LM
1505 West Ave J, Suite 203
Lancaster , CA 93536
661-733-6945
avbirthcenter@gmail.com
Pure Births
Tiffany Gallo, CPM, LM
25880 Tournament Rd #109
Valencia, CA 91355
661-505-8370
SCV Birth Center
Renee Sicignano LM, CPM, IBCLC
23548 Lyons Avenue, Suite B
Newhall, California 91321
661-254-3000
Obstetricians
Fetal Diagnostic Center
Dr. Ramin Samadi
44215 15th W St Suite 305
Lancaster, CA 93534
661-949-9026
27420 Tourney Rd # 220
Valencia, CA 91355
661-259-5617
Dr. Nicholas Tuso
Facey Medical Group
25775 McBean Parkway, Suite #118
Valencia, CA 91355
661-424-8848
Dr. Leonard Kurian
1331 West Avenue J
Lancaster, CA 93534
661-726-7200
Dr. Farid Yasharpour
14671 Rinaldi St.
San Fernando, CA 91340
818-270-9030
Breastfeeding/Lactation Support
Dawn of Life
Dawn Bower, IBCLC
1028 West Ave L-12, Suite 103
Lancaster, California 93534
661-916-1290
mylactationconsultant@gmail.com
Stillbirthday Lactation Professionals
Support for loss related lactation
Childbirth Education
Your Birth
Heather S. Turner, LCCE
Palmdale, CA
(661) 675-6387
heather@navydoula.com
Support Groups
Joy in Bereavement in the Antelope Valley & Santa Clarita Valley
Second Wednesday of each month: 6:30-8pm
Trend Wellness Home
43057 39th Street West
Lancaster, CA 93536
661-666-2423
pearbabydoula@gmail.com
Perinatal Loss and Bereavement Support Group
Forth Wednesday of each month: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Community Education at Henry Mayo Fitness and Health
24525 Town Center Drive
Valencia, CA 91355
To register call Leslie Ro, MSW at 661.200.2000 x 69627
Kaiser Permanente Bereavement, Lancaster
Meeting information: Fridays from 10:00-11:30am
43112 15th Street West (South Building, Room B)
Lancaster, CA 93534
Open to the community and free of charge
800-272-3500 Ext. 3528 / 661-729-7250
Kaiser Permanente Bereavement, Palmdale
Meeting information: Thursdays from 6:15-7:45pm
38600 Medical Center Drive, Palmdale, CA 93551
(Corner of Palmdale Blvd. & Tierra Subida Ave.)
Cactus Room, main entrance left of information desk.
Open to the community and free of charge
800-272-3500 Ext. 3528 / 661-729-7250
Compassionate Friends Grief Support, Santa Clarita
Meeting Info: 1st Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm-9pm
Christian Fellowship Church
26889 Bouquet Canyon Rd, Suite C
Santa Clarita, CA 91350
661-252-4654 or 661-373-5070
TCF.SCV@gmail.com
Compassionate Friends Grief Support, Antelope Valley
(661) 609-0634
tcfantelopevalley@yahoo.com
Meeting Info: 1st and 3rd Friday of each month at 6:30 pm
Meeting Address: The Willows Apartment (Clubhouse)
1608 W Ave K8, Lancaster, CA 93534
Desert Vineyard Christian Fellowship
Grief Support Group
Wednesday 6:30pm
1011 E Ave. I, Room 309
Lancaster, CA 93535
Workbook $18 can be purchased there
661-945-2777
For more information, contact Eric Fleckenstein: efleckenstein@desertvineyard.org
Return to Zero: H.O.P.E.
Online holistic group support programs to help bereaved parents feel less isolated, learn tips and tools for surviving the loss of their child, and begin to feel joy again.
Star Legacy Foundation
Star Legacy Foundation provides live, interactive, online support groups for families who have experienced a perinatal loss and for individuals experiencing a pregnancy after a loss. Groups are held via HIPAA-compliant videoconferencing and facilitated by trained mental health professionals.
The AVBRN is a collective of birth professionals who have recognized a need for quality support for the pregnant women of the Antelope Valley and their families before, during and after childbirth. They are a group of highly trained and certified midwives, birth doulas, postpartum doulas, childbirth educators, placenta encapsulators, and belly binding instructors.
Doulas of Santa Clarita Valley
This website will help you find Labor and Postpartum Doulas, Childbirth and Breastfeeding Educators, as well as preferred providers serving the Santa Clarita Valley and surrounding areas.
Stillbirthday
A wonderful website filled with hope, healing, and support. Offers compassionate information and resources for birth in any trimester, and infant loss. A free 12 week mentorship program is also available.
First Candle
The website is filled with several online support resources for grieving families.
Grief Counselors are available 24/7 at 1.800.221.7437.
Grayce & Kindness
A beautiful website born from the love of a family for their son. The website offers hope and prayers, opportunities for sharing your story, and practical ways to help families. Grayce & Kindness invites you to join their #grayceandkindness movement on social media to help spread your acts of grace and kindness in honor of your loved ones.
Return to Zero H.O.P.E.
Based upon the wonderful positive impact of the film, Return to Zero, RTZ: H.O.P.E. is a community of bereaved families and their health providers who are transforming the culture of pregnancy and infant loss through awareness, education, and support. They also offer wonderful support resources in Spanish.
Star Legacy Foundation
Star Legacy Foundation is a community of health professionals, families, researchers, policy makers, and advocates dedicated to healthy pregnancy outcomes and stillbirth prevention. They provide education, support research, offer family support, raise awareness, and encourage advocacy regarding pregnancy loss and neonatal death.
Hello Grief
Comfort Zone Camp developed HelloGrief to start a discussion about the impact of loss, and how to help grieving persons cope; as well as build a community of support for those living with grief.
Doulas
Pear Baby Doula
Rosalyn Skelton, SBD
Certified Birth & Bereavement Doula
Lancaster, CA
661-666-2423
pearbabydoula@gmail.com
Your Peaceful Birth
Patty Grider, SBD
Certified Birth & Bereavement Doula
Lancaster, CA
661-350-1644
yourpeacefulbirth@gmail.com
Doula 4 the Soul
Debra Osterkamp, CLD, CPD
Bereavement Doula In Training
661-964-8369
Doula4theSoul@yahoo.com
Midwives
Antelope Valley Birth Center
Tesa Kurin, BSBM, CPM, LM
1505 West Ave J, Suite 203
Lancaster , CA 93536
661-733-6945
avbirthcenter@gmail.com
Pure Births
Tiffany Gallo, CPM, LM
25880 Tournament Rd #109
Valencia, CA 91355
661-505-8370
SCV Birth Center
Renee Sicignano LM, CPM, IBCLC
23548 Lyons Avenue, Suite B
Newhall, California 91321
661-254-3000
Obstetricians
Fetal Diagnostic Center
Dr. Ramin Samadi
44215 15th W St Suite 305
Lancaster, CA 93534
661-949-9026
27420 Tourney Rd # 220
Valencia, CA 91355
661-259-5617
Dr. Nicholas Tuso
Facey Medical Group
25775 McBean Parkway, Suite #118
Valencia, CA 91355
661-424-8848
Dr. Leonard Kurian
1331 West Avenue J
Lancaster, CA 93534
661-726-7200
Dr. Farid Yasharpour
14671 Rinaldi St.
San Fernando, CA 91340
818-270-9030
Breastfeeding/Lactation Support
Dawn of Life
Dawn Bower, IBCLC
1028 West Ave L-12, Suite 103
Lancaster, California 93534
661-916-1290
mylactationconsultant@gmail.com
Stillbirthday Lactation Professionals
Support for loss related lactation
Childbirth Education
Your Birth
Heather S. Turner, LCCE
Palmdale, CA
(661) 675-6387
heather@navydoula.com
Support Groups
Joy in Bereavement in the Antelope Valley & Santa Clarita Valley
Second Wednesday of each month: 6:30-8pm
Trend Wellness Home
43057 39th Street West
Lancaster, CA 93536
661-666-2423
pearbabydoula@gmail.com
Perinatal Loss and Bereavement Support Group
Forth Wednesday of each month: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Community Education at Henry Mayo Fitness and Health
24525 Town Center Drive
Valencia, CA 91355
To register call Leslie Ro, MSW at 661.200.2000 x 69627
Kaiser Permanente Bereavement, Lancaster
Meeting information: Fridays from 10:00-11:30am
43112 15th Street West (South Building, Room B)
Lancaster, CA 93534
Open to the community and free of charge
800-272-3500 Ext. 3528 / 661-729-7250
Kaiser Permanente Bereavement, Palmdale
Meeting information: Thursdays from 6:15-7:45pm
38600 Medical Center Drive, Palmdale, CA 93551
(Corner of Palmdale Blvd. & Tierra Subida Ave.)
Cactus Room, main entrance left of information desk.
Open to the community and free of charge
800-272-3500 Ext. 3528 / 661-729-7250
Compassionate Friends Grief Support, Santa Clarita
Meeting Info: 1st Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm-9pm
Christian Fellowship Church
26889 Bouquet Canyon Rd, Suite C
Santa Clarita, CA 91350
661-252-4654 or 661-373-5070
TCF.SCV@gmail.com
Compassionate Friends Grief Support, Antelope Valley
(661) 609-0634
tcfantelopevalley@yahoo.com
Meeting Info: 1st and 3rd Friday of each month at 6:30 pm
Meeting Address: The Willows Apartment (Clubhouse)
1608 W Ave K8, Lancaster, CA 93534
Desert Vineyard Christian Fellowship
Grief Support Group
Wednesday 6:30pm
1011 E Ave. I, Room 309
Lancaster, CA 93535
Workbook $18 can be purchased there
661-945-2777
For more information, contact Eric Fleckenstein: efleckenstein@desertvineyard.org
Return to Zero: H.O.P.E.
Online holistic group support programs to help bereaved parents feel less isolated, learn tips and tools for surviving the loss of their child, and begin to feel joy again.
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss (Individuals or Couples): Tuesdays, 4-5:30pm
- Women of Color, Pregnancy and Infant Loss: Sundays 1-2:30pm
- Recurrent Loss and Infertility: Saturdays, 9:30-11am
Star Legacy Foundation
Star Legacy Foundation provides live, interactive, online support groups for families who have experienced a perinatal loss and for individuals experiencing a pregnancy after a loss. Groups are held via HIPAA-compliant videoconferencing and facilitated by trained mental health professionals.
Bereavement Counseling
ProCare Hospice
Children’s Bereavement Services by Appointment
Chaplain John
661-951-1146
42242 North 10th Street West, Suite C
Lancaster, CA 93534
661-951-1146
Living Springs Psychotherapeutic Services
Scott M. Williams, PhD, LMFT
Wendy Hill Williams, PhD, LMFT
11145 Tampa Ave., Suite 12B
Porter Ranch, CA 91326
818-701-0107
info@lspsych.com
Dr. Ivy Margulies
Clinical Psychologist
2730 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 550
Santa Monica, CA 90403
*Distance sessions available*
(310) 828-7530
ivy@drivymargulies.com
Keepsakes
Belly Casting
Heather S. Turner
Your Birth
*Special pricing available for Pear Baby Doula clients*
Palmdale, CA
661-675-6387
heather@navydoula.com
Placenta Prints/Cord Keepsakes
Heather S. Turner
Your Birth
*Special pricing available for Pear Baby Doula clients*
Palmdale, CA
661-675-6387
heather@navydoula.com
Cord Keepsakes
Your Peaceful Birth
Patty Grider
*Special pricing available for Pear Baby Doula clients*
Birth & Bereavement Doula
Lancaster, CA
661-350-1644
yourpeacefulbirth@gmail.com
Placenta Prints/Cord Keepsakes
Tree of Life Birth & Beyond
1028 West Ave L-12, Suite 103
Lancaster, California 93534
661-917-7900
AntelopeValleyDoula@gmail.com
Funeral Homes
Eternal Valley Memorial Park & Mortuary
23287 North Sierra Hwy
Newhall, CA 91321
661-259-0800
Halley-Olsen-Murphy Funerals & Cremations
44831 N. Cedar Avenue
Lancaster, CA 93534
661-942-1139
