A Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss-- Guidance and Support for You and Your Family [Hardcover]

A Silent Sorrow has long been considered the bible for families seeking emotional and practical support after a pregnancy loss. Well organized, easily accessible, and filled with practical suggestions for each topic it covers, A Silent Sorrowis a positive first step for bereaved parents and their families, providing support and guidance to help resolve thegrief and enable them to look to the future with hope. In this comforting, thorough second edition of the 1993 guide for those who have suffered the loss of a pregnancy, Kohn...and Moffitt...sympathetically address the full range of tragedies, including miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, losses following a medical crisis, stillbirth, newborn death, and having to end a pregnancy because the baby's or mother's life or health is compromised...A helpful update reflecting changes in both medical care and the social climate. -- Kirkus Reviews
In this new, updated and expanded edition, this 'best friend' of those dealing with this too silent, too lonely sorrow brings insight, reflection, comfort and hope to all who choose to spend time with it...This book is a reference guide that needs wide circulation. There is much in the book to teach us and to comfort us. -- Resources Hotline
...a source of comfort to people who have experienced such a tragedy. -- Sun SentinelThe Grief of Pregnancy Loss; Chapter 1 When an Unborn or Newborn Baby Dies; Chapter 2 The Mothers Experience; Chapter 3 The Fathers Experience; Chapter 4 Pregnancy Loss and your Relationship; Pregnancy Loss Examined; Chapter 5 Early Losses; Chapter 6 Crisis Pregnancies and Loss; Chapter 7 Stillbirth and Newborn Death; Chapter 8 Prenatal Diagnosis and the Burden of Choice; The Response of Others; Chapter 9 Medical Care when You Lose Your Pregnancy; Chapter 10 Finding Solace in Your Religion; Chapter 11 The Response of Your Family and Friends; Chapter 12 Helping Your Children alCC