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Summary: not helpful for early miscarriage
Review: I miscarried at 10wks and did not feel this book was helpful.
My feelings of loss were not validated by the author as the majority of her example were of 3rh trimester miscarriages, stillbirth, or infant deaths. I would recommend reading "Trying Again" to couples experiencing an early pregnancy loss.
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Summary: Not helpful for miscarriage
Review: I recently had a miscarriage at 7 weeks. I bought this book because the title addressed miscarriage. The author experienced the death of her baby one day before it was born. No matter how she tried to include the aspects related to miscarriage, that is not what her experience was based on. I feel like there is a world of difference between a miscarriage and the death of a baby that you have a funeral for. I found myself feeling so sad for people who lose babies later in pregnancy and shortly after birth and not seeing the connection between miscarriage. I realize that this book may be more helpful to me after I get pregnant again, but for now it has gone on the bookshelf.
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Summary: Pregnancy After a Loss: A Guide to Pregnancy After a Miscar
Review: I wish I'd had this outstanding book when I was going through my subsequent pregnancy. This book addresses many concerns specific to women experiencing a subsequent pregnancy. Many of the issues that came up in my Subsequent Pregnancy After A Loss Support Group were touched on, including the desire for a child of a particular sex (either the same or different than the child you lost) and the need for more frequent monitoring during pregnancy. This book is well-organized and follows the three-trimester framework of most other pregnancy guides. However, the discussion of each trimester focuses on how women experience their pregnancy when they have suffered a loss in the past. Most meaningful to me as a mother who lost twins, this book addresses the feelings of mothers who lost multiple pregnancies and are now pregnant with a single child. I would recommend this book to any woman who is pregnant following a miscarriage, stillbirth, or the death of a baby.
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Summary: Excellent reading
Review: My husband and I just experienced having a stillborn baby and we decided we would like to try again soon. After reading many books about grieving after a loss, which only had, at most, a chapter on the subject of trying again, I got this book. It was helpful for me because it discusses the issues of the future, rather than the past. I found it surprisingly thorough on the problems that had caused our baby to die. Giving both discriptions of the problems and what could be done about them next time around. The book follows the timeline of pregnancy from the perspective of the reader who has had a loss, and gives information and suggestions for both medical and emotional issues. It starts out with dicussing the problems of the last pregnancy (with a warning not to read those sections that don't pertain to you!), and moves onto recommendations for second opinions and then into the trimesters of pregnancy. It give specific descriptions of tests and therapies that the doctor might prescribe. It is most helpful when discussing options with your doctor that you know the meaning of all the jargon before you start. Because of this book, I have been much more savvy in dealing with my health care. I have gotten second opinions that my doctor didn't think to recommend. It has also prepared me more fully for my next pregnancy, which, I now realize, will be a lot more difficult emotionally than the first.
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Summary: A Must Read For Anyone Who's Experienced A Stllbirth!
Review: My son was stillborn 8 days before his due date. This book was very reassuring and comforting as well as informative. Everyone she interviews in this book has went on to have 1 or more successful pregnancies. I liked the author's writing style(she herself had a stillbirth at term then went on to have two healthy babies). She prepares you for what feelings you may encounter after a pregnancy loss(especially in your next pregnancy) and offers suggestions on coping as well as how to choose a new Dr., etc. She has a chapter devoted to "The Search For Answers" in which she relates several reasons for loss, one of which helped me personally as my health care providers had no answers for me. I found it to be most helpful as well as encouraging.
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Summary: Best on Pregnancy after Stillbirth
Review: Out of all the books I have read after the death of my son at 33 weeks in utero, this book was the only one to specifically address subsequent pregnancy. While the author does touch on other types of infant death, I think the fact she had experienced stillbirth gives her the perspective I need to get though my current pregnancy. Many, many books focus on losses due to miscarriage, and they should since it is very common. However, books dealing with stillbirth are rare and I have found this book to be extremely helpful. The fact that it has chapters that focus on the different trimesters is great. I got this book in my first trimester and after I read that chapter, I had a better idea that the conflicting emotions that I was experiencing were *normal*.
I look forward to using this book during the remainder of my pregnancy. I would recommend it to anyone who has experienced a stillbirth.
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Summary: Answered Prayer
Review: This book has been an answer to my prayers. The style in which it was written made it very easy for me to understand and relate to. No one ever told me about this book and when I found it on my own I thought I would give it a try. Out of all the books that I have read since the death of my infant son I have found this book most helpful and a wonderful resource that I constantly find myself rereading time and time again. I would often call my mother while I was reading the book to tell her how all the feelings I was having were feelings that the author of this book and numerous women talked about in the book were feeling too. I was not pregnant when I bought the book but by reading it before I ever got pregnant again was most helpful to me because now that I am pregnant I know right where to go to review over certian areas again. If I could give one gift to someone after a miscarriage, still birth, or infant death it would be and has been this book. I appreciate the author for taking the time to write a book that has been such an inspiration to me and many other women with broken hearts and shattered dreams.
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Summary: a wonderful book
Review: This book has helped to keep me sane after I lost my son, my only child, at 28 weeks (he was stillborn). It covers so many of the issues that women who are contemplating pregnancy after a loss are unfortunately faced with--from listing specific causes of pregnancy loss, to gently & reasuringly guiding a pregnant woman (who has previously lost a child) through each anxiety-ridden trimester. I especially like the in-depth chapter on high risk pregnancies, as I am considered high risk & have trouble finding good information for coping with high risk pregnancy. A very well-written, heart-felt book that is both emotionally comforting and informative. A must-have!
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Summary: Comfort and Hope
Review: This book helped comfort me tremendously after I suffered my second miscarriage. The author voiced all of the fears and anxieties I was feeling, and then provided story after story of women who felt the same way and then went on to give birth to healthy children of their own. In a time of despair I was seeking comfort and hope, and this book gave me both. I highly recommend it to anyone who has experienced pregnancy loss and is thinking of trying again.
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Summary: Lifesaver
Review: This book is fantastic. For anyone who has suffered a loss, this book will help you through it. It shows you that all the feelings and thoughts you are having are perfectly normal, and gives you hope to carry on. It made me realise that there were so many others that had also suffered, and made me think about how my husband was coping. I was not looking forward to becoming pregnant again, with the fears and hurt still so fresh in my mind. When I did become pregnant, I refferred to this book whenever I was worried or scared. This book has made my subsequent pregnancy far more enjoyable than I could have imagined.
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