Support and Resources
For Those Impacted By AFE
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Support groups offer invaluable emotional and practical benefits by connecting individuals who share similar experiences. They provide a safe space to express feelings, share insights, and gain reassurance from others who truly understand. Through these connections, members often find comfort, reduced feelings of isolation (a common feeling with AFE), and practical advice that can help them navigate challenges.
The AFE Foundation has created several online support groups on Facebook for those affected in different ways by AFE. Our groups are moderated and facilitated by trained admins to ensure a supportive and respectful environment. They are closed groups, meaning members’ posts are only visible to other members, providing a secure space for open and honest discussions.
AFE Foundation Support Groups
We have created several groups to better serve the diverse needs of our community, ensuring that everyone has a place to connect and find support. We encourage you to join the group that resonates most with you, and if you need more specific assistance, please reach out—you’re never alone on this journey!
Grieving Families
For those who have lost a spouse or partner to AFE.
Widowed Spouses
For those who have lost a spouse or partner to AFE.
AFE Survivors
For survivors of amniotic fluid embolism (AFE).
Infant Loss
For those who lost a child while also experiencing an amniotic fluid embolism.
AFE Survivors Requiring Hysterectomy
For survivors of amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) that required a hysterectomy.
AFE Survivors Requiring ECMO
For AFE Survivors that required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
Pregnancy After AFE
For anyone exploring the possibility of pregnancy following AFE.
Healthcare Providers
For healthcare providers who cared for an AFE patient.
Zoom Peer Support
Our monthly small group peer support meetings connect you with others who share a similar timeline and may be experiencing similar emotions and challenges. Groups are facilitated by an LCSW and birth trauma expert.
You Are Not Alone
A picture can be worth more than a thousand words. Our interactive map illustrates families affected by AFE across the globe. Using the key below you can search for others who shared a similar experience and request to connect with them.
AFE Guides and Resources
Still Hospitalized
For families whose loved one remains in the hospital.
AFE Survivor
For AFE survivors in the weeks, months, and years after returning home.
Those Grieving
For those grieving the loss of a loved one to assist in the hours, days, weeks, and months after a loss.
Widowed Spouses
For fathers who have lost a spouse or partner to AFE.
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