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Teddy Love Club Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support is an Australia wide support program for bereaved parents who suffer the loss of their baby or babies to miscarriage, stillbirth, termination of pregnancy for foetal abnormality and neonatal death.

TLC donates traditional Teddy Bears to bereaved parents, in the hope the bear may help to ease the pain of leaving the hospital with such aching empty arms. We hope to provide parents with the comfort of knowing they are not alone right from the beginning, and offer significant ongoing support & understanding to bereaved parents, their families and their friends.

The TLC program is the original bear giving program in Australia established 26th October 2002 in Adelaide. TLC operates in every state of Australia with the program represented in more than 350 hospitals across the country. TLC is leading the way in providing support, guidance and comfort to bereaved parents, their families and friends.

The Teddy Love Club Program provides a range of support services including: 

• Ongoing professional counselling
• Free professional telephone counselling 
• Free call 1800 bereavement support line
• Informative TLC Resource Pack
• Online bereavement support
• Group support meetings
• Home and Hospital visits (SA only)
• Grief & Loss library
• Pregnancy & infant loss resources
• An Australia wide newspaper
• Online support groups
• Australia wide support through our Parent to Parent Network

We hope our website is a valuable, supportive resource for you. 

Please know you are always welcome to contact us to talk with someone who understands and cares.

*Please note TLC is not associated with any other Teddy Bear giving program operating in any state of Australia. TLC is the original bear giving program.