Recommended Reading
When a Baby Dies, The experience of late miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death
Nancy Kohner and Alix Henley, 2nd edn. Routledge 2001
This sensitive informative book offers a lifeline to bereaved parents and their families and is essential reading for every professional who comes into contact with parents after the death of their baby. Using letters from and interviews with many bereaved parents the authors have written a book, which offers understanding of what it means for a baby to die and the grief that follows. When A Baby Dies also contains valuable information and causes of death, hospital practices, sources of support, and the care parents need in future pregnancies.
ISBN 0-415-25276-8, 256 pages, Price £9.99.
Miscarriage: Women's Experiences and Needs
Christine Moulder, 2nd edn. Routledge 2001
This sympathetic and helpful book explores the many different ways in which women physically experience miscarriage and emotionally react to it. Every aspect of miscarriage is covered, including difficult issues that are often avoided. The book also provides good practical guidelines for professionals, based on what women themselves say they find helpful.
ISBN 0 -415-25489-2, 304 pages: Price £9.99
Living with Leo
Mario Di Clemente. Bosun Publishing on behalf of SANDS, 2004
Leonardo Di Clemente was born on 27 th January 2003 and died the following day. Leo's father, Mario, has written movingly of his experience of prospective fatherhood and the distress of bereavement. Twelve letters written over a year, from a father to his son, tell the story of Mario's life with Leo: of the excitement and anticipation, the grief and loss, and perhaps most important of all, the emergence of strength and hope.
The letters are intensely personal and yet universal too, and will strike a chord with any parent who has had to endure the devastating death of a baby.
ISBN 0-9546932-0-5, 186 pages : Price £9.99
A Candle for Lisa
Debbie Ruskin, Pennine Pens, 2002
Lisa Ruskin was born prematurely with serious heart defects. As her mother Debbie recovered consciousness from the emergency Caesarean Section, she was pressed to give consent to switch off Lisa's life support machine. She later learned that Lisa's organs had been retained by the hospital. In this sad but ultimately up-lifting book, Debbie tells of her fight to discover the truth about what happened to herself and Lisa, and of her own struggle to overcome her grief. By sharing her moving story with other parents and with health professionals, Debbie hopes some good will come from Lisa's tragic death.
ISBN 1-873378-78-5, 72 pages: Price £4.99
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Other books
Miscarriage: What Every Woman Needs to Know
Lesley Regan
Paperback: 333 pages (1 March, 2001)
Publisher: Orion mass market paperback;
ISBN: 0752837575
Information about recurrent miscarriage by a female obstetrician leading this area of work.
Understanding Pregnancy Loss: Perspectives and Issues in Care
Christine Moulder MSW CQSW
Paperback: 280 pages (21 January, 1998)
Publisher: Palgrave;
ISBN: 0333721454
Parents’ experiences of maternity care when their baby has died are used in exploring the dilemmas in providing good care, and suggesting ways in which practice might be improved. An excellent book for health professionals wishing to improve standards of care; also a good book for women and their partners/families to help understand pregnancy loss.
When Your Baby Dies (The Hope & Healing Series)
Gamino, Cooney, Huntley, Klug
Paperback: 48 pages (April 2002)
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN: 0806643552
Part of a series on bereavement from the US
Always Precious in Our Memory: Reflections After Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Neonatal Death
Kristen Johnson Ingram,
Paperback: 96 pages (May 2003)
Publisher: ACTA Publications;
ISBN: 0879461594
Scripture based support for parents
Trying Again: A Guide to Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Loss
Ann Douglas, John R. Sussman
Paperback: 336 pages (1 October, 2000)
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing;
ISBN: 0878331824
Advice with a US obstetric perspective
Empty Cradle, a Full Heart: Reflections for Mothers and Fathers After Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Infant Death
Christine O'Keeffe Lafer
Paperback: 31 pages (1 October, 1998)
Publisher: Loyola University P.;
ISBN: 0829411739
Bible verses pertaining to loss
When a Meeting Is Also Farewell: Coping with a Stillbirth or Neonatal Death
Ingela Radestad
Paperback: 116 pages (17 September, 1999)
Publisher: Books for Midwives;
ISBN: 1898507759
Written by a midwife whose first baby was stillborn. Aimed at maternity care professionals. Includes midwives experiences.
At a Loss: Bereavement Care When a Baby Dies
Alison Stewart BSc RGN MSc RM RHV, Ann Dent
Paperback: 272 pages (24 October, 1994)
Publisher: Bailliere Tindall;
ISBN: 0702016829
Helpful for health care professionals
Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss: Guidance and Survival for You and Your Family
Ingrid Kohn, Perry-Lynn Moffitt, Isabelle Wilkins
Paperback: 320 pages (10 February, 2000)
Publisher: Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd;
ISBN: 0415924812
Recently republished.
Love, Labour and Loss: Stillbirth and Neonatal Death
Jo Benson, Dawn Robinson Walsh
Paperback: 152 pages (July 1996)
Publisher: Scarlet Press;
ISBN: 1857270630
Brief Lives: Parents' Writings
Alison Wood (Editor)
Paperback: 60 pages (1998)
Publisher: National Childbirth Trust;
ISBN: 1870129911
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby
Deborah L. Davis
Paperback: 279 pages (May 1996)
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing;
ISBN: 1555913024
Often recommended by parents
Family
Susan Hill
Hardcover: 304 pages (23 February, 1989)
Publisher: Michael Joseph;
ISBN: 071813169X
Personal story about the birth of the author’s daughter at 24 weeks and time in SCBU in Oxford until her death.
Help, Comfort and Hope After Losing Your Baby in Pregnancy or the First Year
Hannah Lothrop
Paperback: 296 pages (4 February, 1999)
Publisher: Element Books Ltd;
ISBN: 1862043795
US
Losing a Child (Lion Pocketbooks)
Elaine Storkey
Paperback: 48 pages (20 August, 1999)
Publisher: Lion Publishing;
ISBN: 0745941303
Short book offering spiritual encouragement
The Lone Twin: Understanding Twin Bereavement and Loss
Joan Woodward
Paperback: 300 pages (October 1997)
Publisher: Free Association Books;
ISBN: 1853433748
Parenthood Lost: Healing the Pain After Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death
Michael R. Berman (Editor)
Hardcover: 224 pages (December 2000)
Publisher: Greenwood Press;
ISBN: 0897896149
If it happens to you: miscarriage and stillbirth - a human insight
Karina Colgan
Publisher: Farmar;
ISBN: 0950929565
Helping Children Cope with Grief: Facing a Death in the Family (Overcoming Common Problems)
Rosemary Wells
Paperback: 110 pages (26 May, 1988)
Publisher: Sheldon Press;
ISBN: 085969559X
General book about bereavement as it affects children - not specific to baby loss
All Shining in the Spring: The Story of a Baby Who Died
Siobhan Parkinson, Donald Teskey (Illustrator)
Paperback: 96 pages (1995)
Publisher: The O'Brien Press;
ISBN: 0862783879
Written by the author to help her own son cope with the death of their new baby at birth,
Miscarriage, Stillbirth & Neonatal Death
Neville Smith
Publisher: Church House Publishing;
ISBN 999900096
Guidelines in Pastoral Care for clergy and Hospital Chaplains. Second edition published in 1993 was revised by the Revd.Neville Smith for the Churches Committee for Hospital Chaplaincy
Not Out Of Mind
Althea Hayton
April 1998.
Publisher: Wren Publications;
ISBN 0-85305-441-X.
A comprehensive guide for anyone who wishes to provide services of prayer and memorial for families bereaved by miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death. Also useful for infertile couples. Twenty one individual model liturgies for every situation.
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