ABSTRACT
Approximately one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage but for each woman the experience is unique. This sympathetic and helpful book explores the many different ways in which women physically experience miscarriage and emotionally react to it. Drawing on the experiences of over 350 women, it will help every woman who has miscarried make sense of her loss and find her own way of coping with the confusion that frequently follows.
Many aspects of miscarriage are covered including difficult issues that are often avoided:
* the nature of the loss: tissue, embryo, foetus or baby?
* guilt about an earlier abortion
* explaining miscarriage to other children
* the effect of miscarriage on a relationship
* returning to work after miscarriage
* coping with repeated miscarriages.
The text also provides a set of guidelines to good practice for professionals, based on what women say they find helpful. Professionals who want to evaluate their own practice or develop the service they offer will find this an invaluable reference.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|63 pages
The miscarriage
part 2|19 pages
The medical response
part 3|40 pages
After the miscarriage
part 4|21 pages
When it's more difficult
part 5|40 pages
Family, friends and the wider world
chapter 14|17 pages
‘Mummy, where did that baby go?'
part 6|20 pages
The way forward