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Suggested Reading List
The following are some books which other parents have found helpful. If you would like further help in finding a title, or would like to suggest a title to add to our listing, please email us at info@arc-uk.org or call us on 020 7631 0280.
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Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss Guidance and Survival for You and Your Family
Looks at different types of pregnancy loss, including termination after a prenatal diagnosis and continuing a pregnancy when the baby is not expected to live. Includes sections on grief, the experience of mothers and fathers, relationship issues, pregnancy loss and infertility, responses of family and friends and subsequent pregnancies.
Ingrid Kohn, Perry-Lynn Moffitt and Isabelle Wilkins
Publisher: Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd
ISBN: 0415924812
When a Baby Dies: The Experience of Late Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death
Parents who have lost a baby tell their stories. Offers understanding of what it means to lose a baby and the grief that follows. Also contains valuable information about hospital practices, the process of grieving, sources of support, and the care parents need in future pregnancies.
Nancy Kohner and Alix Henley
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415252768
Unspeakable Losses: Healing from Miscarriage, Abortion, and Other Pregnancy Loss
Sections on silent grief, the dilemma of choice, fathers’ experiences and living with loss.
Kim Kluger-Bell
Publisher: William Morrow
ISBN: 068817390X
Fathers Feel Too: A book for men by men on coping with the death of a baby
For men who are grieving, and for those who love them.
Andrew Don
Publisher: SANDS www.uk-sands.org
ISBN: 095469323X
We Were Gonna Have a Baby, but We had an Angel Instead
This illustrated book tells the story of a little boy whose baby sibling dies. In the subsequent pages, the baby appears in each picture as a little angel, watching over the family. Suitable for children from 2 years onwards.
Pat Schwiebert and Taylor Bills
Publisher: Grief Watch www.griefwatch.com
ISBN 10: 0972424113
ISBN 13: 978-0972424110
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