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| stillbirth stories 2014: They Were Still Born Janel C. Atlas, 2014 A collection of essays by writers each sharing their firsthand experiences with stillbirth. Atlas includes selections not only from mothers but also fathers and grandparents, all of whom have intimate stories to share with readers. In addition, there are selections that answer many of the medical questions families have in the wake of a stillbirth and that offer the latest research on this devastating loss and how it might be prevented. --from publisher description. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Stillbirth, Yet Still Born Deborah L Davis, 2014-08-01 When your baby dies before birth, you experience an extraordinary grief. You never get to hear your baby's voice nor see life in your baby's eyes. Still, your baby lived. Your baby came into this world. Your baby's existence is important and real. This small book offers tailored information and support for parents experiencing the early hours, days, and weeks that follow the death and birth of their beloved baby. Stillbirth is always a devastating shock, a heartbreaking collision of birth and death that leaves parents helpless. In this accessible book, you will find comfort and ideas for affirming and honoring your precious baby's life. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: The Story of Baby Rabbit Graeme Smith, Sian Phillips, Jerri Oehler, 2014-07-10 Graeme Smith, MD, PhD is a Professor and Head of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Queen's University. He works with many families who have suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth. He has developed a website (www.themothersprogram.ca) as a resource for women during pregnancy and after delivery. Sian Phillips, PhD is a Child Psychologist who is an adjunct professor at Queen's University who specializes in working with interpersonal trauma and attachment issues. Jerri Oehler, PhD is a pediatric nurse/psychologist at the Carteret Clinic for Adolescents and Children affiliated with Duke University. She has a long history of working with families who have had a loss during pregnancy or postpartum. Malia Murphy is a PhD student at Queen's University studying complications in pregnancy and their impact on maternal outcomes. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Babylost Monica J. Casper, 2022-03-18 The U.S. infant mortality rate is among the highest in the industrialized world, and Black babies are far more likely than white babies to die in their first year of life. Maternal mortality rates are also very high. Though the infant mortality rate overall has improved over the past century with public health interventions, racial disparities have not. Racism, poverty, lack of access to health care, and other causes of death have been identified, but not yet adequately addressed. The tragedy is twofold: it is undoubtedly tragic that babies die in their first year of life, and it is both tragic and unacceptable that most of these deaths are preventable. Despite the urgency of the problem, there has been little public discussion of infant loss. The question this book takes up is not why babies die; we already have many answers to this question. It is, rather, who cares that babies, mostly but not only Black and Native American babies, are dying before their first birthdays? More importantly, what are we willing to do about it? This book tracks social and cultural dimensions of infant death through 58 alphabetical entries, from Absence to ZIP Code. It centers women’s loss and grief, while also drawing attention to dimensions of infant death not often examined. It is simultaneously a sociological study of infant death, an archive of loss and grief, and a clarion call for social change. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Trying Again Ann Douglas, John R. Sussman, 2000-10-25 Written especially for parents who have lost a child, Trying Again provides facts to help determine whether you, or your partner, are emotionally ready for another pregnancy. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Empty Arms Pam Vredevelt, 2009-02-04 Now with updated content. “I’m not picking up a heartbeat.” These are the most dreaded words an expectant mother can hear. As joy and anticipation dissolve into confusion and grief, painful questions refuse to go away: Why me? Did I do something wrong? How will this affect my ability to have a family? What do I say to my children without scaring them? With the warmth and compassion of a Licensed Professional Counselor and writing as a mother who has suffered the loss of a baby and a sixteen-year-old son, Pam Vredevelt offers sound answers and advice. As an expert in love and loss, Pam gives reassuring comfort to any woman fighting to maintain stability and faith in the midst of devastating heartbreak. Empty Arms: Hope and Support for Those Who Have Suffered a Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Tubal Pregnancy is the essential guidebook for anyone suffering the agony of losing a baby. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Human Wrongs T. J. Coles, 2018-05-25 A devastating analysis of modern Britain. Britain is a forward-thinking, human-rights protecting beacon of democracy, right? Think again! Written in time for the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this book is a documented exposé of Britain's domestic human rights abuses under successive governments from the year 2000 to the present. It covers the deaths of the 20,000 pensioners a year who can't afford heating, the 40,000 people who succumb to air pollution each year, the limits on freedom of speech (including libel law), mass surveillance of Britons by the deep state, and much, much more. By comparing Britain to other rich countries on issues as diverse as infant mortality, child wellbeing, ethnic rights, and union membership, Human Wrongs reveals just how anti-human the British system really is for people of a certain class, gender, disability and/or ethnicity. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Infertility and Non-Traditional Family Building Rebecca Feasey, 2019-07-26 This book examines the representation of infertility, assisted reproduction, miscarriage, adoption and surrogacy in a wide range of media, including blogs, vlogs, social media posts and factual programming. In so doing, it illustrates how pregnancy loss, involuntary childlessness and non-traditional mothering are being depicted across the media landscape. Whilst the topic of motherhood has emerged as a significant area of academic debate, narratives of unsuccessful or unconventional mothering have remained largely absent, even at a time when there is a growing conversation about infertility online. Timely, pertinent and original, the book demonstrates the importance of a broader and more informed cultural discussion about fertility and family building. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Angel Babies Patricia Seaver McGivern, 2009-05-22 For any parent, losing a child to miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death is devastating. For Patricia McGivern and her husband, Tim, it was no different. They endured fear and physical pain from the miscarriage of their first child. Four years later, Patricia heard a child call to her. Thinking it was her young daughter awakening from her nap, she turned around. But Meghan was not there; she was sound asleep upstairs. The communication continued, and Patricia, seeking guidance from intermediaries, became convinced she was communicating with her miscarried child from beyond. Exploring this connection to her lost son, she was able to communicate with her deceased parents as well. It was a journey that changed Patricias life as she never could have imagined. With Angel Babies, Patricia explores spirit communication with miscarried and other early-loss babies, a phenomenon thats quite universal. Patricia recounts her journey to bridging with her child and how the experiences lead her to become a certified hypnotist. In the course of her research, she met many others who have also communicated with their lost children. Through their inspiring stories, Angel Babies offers awareness, hope, and comfort to anyone facing the agony of the loss of a child. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Tangled Diagnoses Ilana Löwy, 2018-04-19 Since the late nineteenth century, medicine has sought to foster the birth of healthy children by attending to the bodies of pregnant women, through what we have come to call prenatal care. Women, and not their unborn children, were the initial focus of that medical attention, but prenatal diagnosis in its present form, which couples scrutiny of the fetus with the option to terminate pregnancy, came into being in the early 1970s. Tangled Diagnoses examines the multiple consequences of the widespread diffusion of this medical innovation. Prenatal testing, Ilana Löwy argues, has become mainly a risk-management technology—the goal of which is to prevent inborn impairments, ideally through the development of efficient therapies but in practice mainly through the prevention of the birth of children with such impairments. Using scholarship, interviews, and direct observation in France and Brazil of two groups of professionals who play an especially important role in the production of knowledge about fetal development—fetopathologists and clinical geneticists—to expose the real-life dilemmas prenatal testing creates, this book will be of interest to anyone concerned with the sociopolitical conditions of biomedical innovation, the politics of women’s bodies, disability, and the ethics of modern medicine. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Empty Arms Sherokee Ilse, 1990 Coping with Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Stillbirth and the Law Jill Wieber Lens, 2025-03-25 Each year in the United States, about 1 in 170 births is a stillbirth, a rate that has remained stagnant for most of this century even as other high-income countries have dramatically reduced their already lower rates. Jill Wieber Lens, the nation’s foremost expert on stillbirth and the law, blends personal experience and legal analysis to bring us an original, essential guide to this all-too-often unrecognized public health crisis. By exposing how the law inhibits prevention, affects the experience of stillbirth for birthing parents, and shapes broader notions of unborn life, Lens argues for a series of pragmatic, data-driven changes to the legal landscape that could enjoy broad popular support and strengthen reproductive justice and reproductive rights. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Pregnancy After Loss Support Emily Long, Lindsey Henke, 2020-03 This book is a simple book of love written for you, a mom pregnant again after loss, from other loss moms who have been where you are now. In the pages of this book, we share letters of love from our hearts to yours with the hope that, maybe, in the darkest, loneliest hours of grief and fear, you will find a little bit of comfort in the words offered here. Our deepest desire is for you to know that you are not alone. We are with you. When needed, let us carry your hope for you when it feels impossible to find. Let us wrap you in love and be a light in the darkness as you carry both hope and fear and engage in the most courageous act - to choose for life after you have known death. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: An Empty Cradle, a Full Heart Christine O' Keeffe Lafser, 2009-05-15 “Bereavement after the loss of a baby is often quiet and lonely,” writes Christine O’Keeffe Lafser, who has twice lost a child to death. “There is no wake or funeral, no grave site, no memorial to our baby’s life or death. . . . Since there are no real memories of our little one’s life, people have a hard time comprehending the depth of our love and grief.” In these reflections, Lafser offers grieving parents the empathy and courage that can come only from one who has walked the same difficult path. “Chris expressed so many of my thoughts and feelings and made me feel so normal. . . . The greatest gift is learning that God does not desert us in our time of need.” Linda Davis, Compassionate Friends, after miscarriage and stillbirth “The juxtaposition of a Scripture text with each reflection is inspired. Some of the texts are breathtaking in their beauty and appropriateness. This book is a ‘must’ for anyone who is ever touched by the loss of an infant.” Joseph Awad, poet and grieving grandfather “This book will be very helpful for parents who are mourning the loss of their child. It will also prove very beneficial to anyone who is ministering to a bereaved parent.” Robert N. Craig, O.F.M. Cap., hospital chaplain “These reflections allowed me to ‘be’ how I was feeling—not feel like I should be going through the stages of grief that other books described. With this book I was no longer a square peg trying to fit into a round hole.” Jeanette Siebels, after infant death |
| stillbirth stories 2014: About What Was Lost Jessica Berger Gross, 2006-12-26 In this intimate anthology, twenty writers explore the grief and sadness—and hope—that living through a miscarriage can bring. Featuring such notable writers as Pam Houston, Joyce Maynard, Caroline Leavitt, Susanna Sonnenberg, and Julianna Baggott, among many others, About What Was Lost is the only book that uses honest, eloquent, and deeply moving narrative to provide much-needed solace and support on the subject of pregnancy loss. Today, as many as one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage. And yet, many women are surprised to find that instead of simply grieving the end of a pregnancy, they feel as if they are mourning the loss of a child. Taken aback by their sorrow, they seek solace in similar perspectives—only to find that a silence and lingering stigma surrounds the topic. Revealing a wide spectrum of experiences and perspectives, this powerful collection offers comfort and community for the millions of women (and their loved ones) who experience this all-too-common kind of loss every year. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: When A Baby Dies Alix Henley, Nancy Kohner, 2003-09-02 Every year in the UK over 10,000 babies die before birth or shortly afterwards. For the parents, the grief is hard to bear. In this book, parents who have lost a baby tell their stories. They speak about what happened, how they felt, how they have been helped by others and how they helped themselves. Using letters from and interviews with many bereaved parents, Nancy Kohner and Alix Henley have written a book which offers understanding of what it means to lose a baby and the grief that follows. When a Baby Dies also contains valuable information about why a baby dies, hospital practices, the process of grieving, sources of support, and the care parents need in future pregnancies. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Grieving the Child I Never Knew Kathe Wunnenberg, 2010-06-01 When the anticipation of your child’s birth turns into the grief of miscarriage, tubal pregnancy, stillbirth, or early infant death, no words on earth can ease your loss. But there is strength and encouragement in the wisdom of others who have been there and found that God’s comfort is real.Having experienced three miscarriages and the death of an infant son, Kathe Wunnenberg knows the deep anguish of losing a child. Grieving the Child I Never Knew was born from her personal journey through sorrow. It is a wise and tender companion for mothers whose hearts have been broken--mothers like you whose dreams have been shattered and who wonder how to go on. This devotional collection will help you grieve honestly and well. With seasoned insights and gentle questions, it invites you to present your hurts before God, and to receive over time the healing that He alone can--and will--provide. Each devotion includes:* Scripture passage and prayer* Steps Toward Healing questions * Space for journalingReadings for holidays and special occasions also included |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Infant Loss Journal & Hearts Coloring Book Christina Moyer, 2019-09-18 Infant Loss Journal & Coloring Book This book was created from the heart for those who have experienced a baby loss through miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death. Christina Moyer went through a stillborn loss in 2002 and shares her story. Through this 49 page book, women can journal through several prompts, read healing strategies and color beautifully designed butterflies. Give As A Gift To Your Loved One Book Features: Beautifully design cover Thick inside pages Writing prompts Butterflies to color with crayons, markers or colored pencils This book is for anyone who is in the journey of healing. Healing is a slow process and this book will serve as a resource in the journey. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Saying Goodbye Zoe Clark-Coates, 2017-09 A personal story of baby loss and 90 days of support to walk you through grief. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Never Forgotten Mia Freedman, Rebecca Sparrow, Netra Chetty, Paula Ellery, Cecilia Blakeley, 2014-07-11 When you've lost a baby, the path you must travel is yours alone. There's no shortcut. No Bandaid. No silver lining. But by hearing from others who have walked that same path, the blackness is illuminated just a little. We've been there. We know how you feel. We can't change what's happened and we can't bring back your baby, but we can light your way through the dark. A note about this book: Never Forgotten is one of those special books that exists thanks to contributions from many authors who have so kindly shared their wealth of professional experience, loving words, personal stories, and poems with us. When Bec and I decided to produce this book, we reached out to women we knew and women we didn't via Mamamia.com.au and asked for contributions. We were overwhelmed with the response. Sorting through all of your stories was a heartbreaking task and while we and the book's amazing editor, Paula Ellery, wish we could have included every single one of them, the reality is that we received over 500 submissions and it would have been impossible to use them all. But all of your stories were incredibly touching and we thank you so much for sharing them with us. With that in mind, the authors and of Never Forgotten are many and include the following people: Mia Freedman Rebecca Sparrow Debra Bath, PhD, MAPS Deborah L. Davis, PhD Siân Horstead Lyndal Curtis Jarrod Maher Rhonda Mason Martine Oglethorpe Carly Marie Dudley Gary Sillett Dan MacDonald ... and over 100 parents and loved ones who reached out to us via our website and gave us permission to share their personal stories. We thank you all from the bottom of our hearts. We also want to thank the team at Netra Chetty Design who so generously gave their time and talent and created something so very beautiful. We never intended for this book to be a comprehensive resource guide of any kind-our aim was to share as many stories as we could to show grieving parents that they are not alone. But it soon became clear (through reading all of your stories) that there was a desperate need for helpful advice, along with information on support groups and other resources. So while the book has grown from what we originally intended, the focus is still on your stories, but they are now intertwined with articles that were either written especially for us or those that we were given permission to use from other sources. We hope that you will find some light through reading all of these words. And finally, this book was always a project of love and never intended for profit, and as such we are donating 100% of all profit to 'www.heartfelt.org.au' and 'www.sidsandkids.org'. Thanks for your support. by Mia Freedman and Rebecca Sparrow |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Censored 2020 Andy Lee Roth, 2019-10-08 In the midst of Trump's attacks on the media, comes this look at the rigorous, independent reporting of the year's most underreported news stories. While the country's president displays a brazen disregard for the First Amendment and routinely demonizes the press as the enemy of the people, Censored 2020 looks beyond Donald Trump's dizzying contempt for the truth to clarify the corporate media's complicity in misinforming the American public--while also providing a clear vision of a better future, based on rigorous, trustworthy independent reporting that presents a fuller picture of truth. With a discerning eye, Censored 2020 focuses the public's attention on the most important but underreported news stories of 2018-2019. These stories expose the corporate news media's systemic blind spots while highlighting the crucial role played by independent journalists in providing the kind of news necessary for informed, engaged citizens. The book also examines this year's lowlights in junk food news and news abuse--further revealing how corporate news often functions as propaganda--as well as highlights of exemplary organizations that champion Media Democracy in Action. Additional chapters address the importance of constructive journalism, the untold story of Kashmir, news coverage of LGBTQ issues in the Trump era, fake news as a Trojan horse for censorship, and online memes as a form of political communication. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: I Had a Miscarriage Jessica Zucker, 2021-03-09 Sixteen weeks into her second pregnancy, psychologist Jessica Zucker miscarried at home, alone. Suddenly, her career, spent specializing in reproductive and maternal mental health, was rendered corporeal, no longer just theoretical. She now had a changed perspective on her life’s work, her patients’ pain, and the crucial need for a zeitgeist shift. Navigating this nascent transition amid her own grief became a catalyst for Jessica to bring voice to this ubiquitous experience. She embarked on a mission to upend the strident trifecta of silence, shame, and stigma that surrounds reproductive loss—and the result is her striking memoir meets manifesto. Drawing from her psychological expertise and her work as the creator of the #IHadaMiscarriage campaign, I Had a Miscarriage is a heart-wrenching, thought-provoking, and validating book about navigating these liminal spaces and the vitality of truth telling—an urgent reminder of the power of speaking openly and unapologetically about the complexities of our lives. Jessica Zucker weaves her own experience and other women's stories into a compassionate and compelling exploration of grief as a necessary, nuanced personal and communal process. She inspires her readers to speak their truth and, in turn, to ignite transformative change within themselves and in our culture. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Committee on the Health Effects of Marijuana: An Evidence Review and Research Agenda, 2017-03-31 Significant changes have taken place in the policy landscape surrounding cannabis legalization, production, and use. During the past 20 years, 25 states and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis and/or cannabidiol (a component of cannabis) for medical conditions or retail sales at the state level and 4 states have legalized both the medical and recreational use of cannabis. These landmark changes in policy have impacted cannabis use patterns and perceived levels of risk. However, despite this changing landscape, evidence regarding the short- and long-term health effects of cannabis use remains elusive. While a myriad of studies have examined cannabis use in all its various forms, often these research conclusions are not appropriately synthesized, translated for, or communicated to policy makers, health care providers, state health officials, or other stakeholders who have been charged with influencing and enacting policies, procedures, and laws related to cannabis use. Unlike other controlled substances such as alcohol or tobacco, no accepted standards for safe use or appropriate dose are available to help guide individuals as they make choices regarding the issues of if, when, where, and how to use cannabis safely and, in regard to therapeutic uses, effectively. Shifting public sentiment, conflicting and impeded scientific research, and legislative battles have fueled the debate about what, if any, harms or benefits can be attributed to the use of cannabis or its derivatives, and this lack of aggregated knowledge has broad public health implications. The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids provides a comprehensive review of scientific evidence related to the health effects and potential therapeutic benefits of cannabis. This report provides a research agendaâ€outlining gaps in current knowledge and opportunities for providing additional insight into these issuesâ€that summarizes and prioritizes pressing research needs. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Bereaved Parents and their Continuing Bonds Catherine Seigal, 2017-08-21 Catherine Seigal, a counsellor, shares the stories of bereaved parents and reflects on them to illustrate how they develop and nurture ongoing bonds with their child who has died. This book will be of interest and value to both bereaved parents and their families, and to those who work with them. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Three Minus One Sean Hanish, Brooke Warner, 2014-04-19 Three Minus One: Parents’ Stories of Love and Loss is a collection of intimate, soul-baring stories and artwork by parents who have lost a child to stillbirth, miscarriage, or neonatal death, inspired by the film Return to Zero. The loss of a child is unlike any other, and the impact that it has on the mother, the father, their family, and their friends is devastating—a shockwave of pain and guilt that spreads through their entire community. But the majority of those affected, especially mothers, often suffer their pain in silence, convinced that their grief and trauma is theirs to bear alone. This anthology of raw memoirs, heartbreaking stories, truthful poems, beautiful painting, and stunning photography from the parents who have suffered child loss offers insight into this unique, devastating and life-changing experience—breaking the silence and offering a ray of hope to the many parents out there in search of answers, understanding, and healing. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: What No One Tells You Alexandra Sacks, Catherine Birndorf, 2019-04-23 Your guide to the emotions of pregnancy and early motherhood, from two of America’s top reproductive psychiatrists. When you are pregnant, you get plenty of advice about your growing body and developing baby. Yet so much about motherhood happens in your head. What everyone really wants to know: Is this normal? -Even after months of trying, is it normal to panic after finding out you’re pregnant? -Is it normal not to feel love at first sight for your baby? -Is it normal to fight with your parents and partner? -Is it normal to feel like a breastfeeding failure? -Is it normal to be zonked by “mommy brain?” In What No One Tells You, two of America’s top reproductive psychiatrists reassure you that the answer is yes. With thirty years of combined experience counseling new and expectant mothers, they provide a psychological and hormonal backstory to the complicated emotions that women experience, and show why it’s natural for “matrescence”—the birth of a mother—to be as stressful and transformative a period as adolescence. Here, finally, is the first-ever practical guide to help new mothers feel less guilt and more self-esteem, less isolation and more kinship, less resentment and more intimacy, less exhaustion and more pleasure, and learn other tips to navigate the ups and downs of this exciting, demanding time |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Empty Cradle, Broken Heart Deborah L. Davis, 1996 Reassurance for parents who struggle with anger, guilt, and despair after a miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: My Life of Loss Melissa Desveaux, 2014-04-08 My Life of Loss is a story about a mothers personal experience with miscarriage and stillbirth. This very intimate biography takes you on a journey of grief and happiness after dreams of having a family finally come true. My Life of Loss was written to promote awareness of child loss during pregnancy and to give hope and comfort to those with similar experiences. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Waiting with Gabriel Amy Kuebelbeck, 2003 Amy Kuebelbeck shares how she and her husband made the decision to forgo extreme measures to save her son Gabriel after learning at five months pregnant he suffered from hypoplastic left heart syndrome and discusses how they prepared for his inevitable death after being born. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Agnon’s Story Avner Falk, 2018-10-22 Agnon’s Story is the first complete psychoanalytic biography of the Nobel-Prize-winning Hebrew writer S.Y. Agnon. It investigates the hidden links between his stories and his biography. Agnon was deeply ambivalent about the most important emotional “objects” of his life, in particular his “father-teacher,” his ailing, depressive and symbiotic mother, his emotionally-fragile wife, whom he named after her and his adopted “home-land” of Israel. Yet he maintained an incredible emotional resiliency and ability to “sublimate” his emotional pain into works of art. This biography seeks to investigate the emotional character of his literary canon, his ambivalence to his family and the underlying narcissistic grandiosity of his famous “modesty.” |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Stories to Light the Night Susan Perrow, 2021-02-09 More than 90 healing stories for telling during difficult times, written and collated by acclaimed therapeutic storyteller Susan Perrow, including 30 contributions from different cultures and countries worldwide. The book covers issues of grief, bereavement, separation, and loss. Chapters include: Loss of a Loved One; Loss of Place; Loss of Family Connection; Loss of a Pet; Loss of Health and Well-being; Other Kinds of Loss; Environmental Grief and Loss; Cycles of Life and Change; plus Patterns and Templates for Extension Activities (provided for some of the stories). |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Policing the Womb Michele Goodwin, 2020-03-12 In Policing the Womb, Michele Goodwin explores how states abuse laws and infringe on rights to police women and their pregnancies. This book looks at the impact of these often arbitrary laws which can result in the punishment, incarceration, and humiliation of women, particularly poor women and women of color. Frequently based on unscientific claims of endangering a fetus, these laws allow extraordinary powers to state authorities over reproductive freedom and pregnancies. In this book, Michele Goodwin discusses real examples of women whose pregnancies have been controlled by the law and what has led to the United States being the deadliest country in the developed world for a woman to be pregnant. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Invisible Earthquake Malika Ndlovu, 2009-12-29 Malika Ndlovu takes us right into the heart of her grief - the loss of her third child, who was stillborn. The book breaks the silence around stillbirth, often seen as a non-event, something women are expected to get over as soon as possible, Invisible Earthquake is placed in the wider South African context by Sue Fawcus, who writes tenderly and expertly about stillbirth from the point of view of an obstetrician, and by Zubeida Bassadien and Muriel Johnstone, social workers who accompany women going through this shattering experience. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Navigating Miscarriage Susie Kilshaw, Katie Borg, 2020-03-20 Miscarriage is a significant women's health issue. Research has consistently shown that one in four pregnancies end in miscarriage. This collected volume explores miscarriage in diverse historical and cultural settings with contributions from anthropologists, historians and medical professionals. Contributors use rich ethnographic and historical material to discuss how pregnancy loss is managed and negotiated in a range of societies. The book considers meanings attached to miscarriage and how religious, cultural, medical and legal forces impact the way miscarriage is experienced and perceived. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Grace Like Scarlett Adriel Booker, 2018-05-01 Though one in four pregnancies ends in loss, miscarriage is shrouded in such secrecy and stigma that the woman who experiences it often feels deeply isolated, unsure how to process her grief. Her body seems to have betrayed her. Her confidence in the goodness of God is rattled. Her loved ones don't know what to say. Her heart is broken. She may feel guilty, ashamed, angry, depressed, confused, or alone. With vulnerability and tenderness, Adriel Booker shares her own experience of three consecutive miscarriages, as well as the stories of others. She tackles complex questions about faith and suffering with sensitivity and clarity, inviting women to a place of grace, honesty, and hope in the redemptive purposes of God without offering religious clichés and pat answers. She also shares specific, practical resources, such as ways to help guide children through grief, suggestions for memorializing your baby, and advice on pregnancy after loss, as well as a special section for dads and loved ones. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Sunshine After the Storm Alexa Bigwarfe, 2013-10-01 This supportive guide to navigating pregnancy and infant loss will arm you with life-changing tools that will help you feel part of a dynamic community.--Back of book. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Hope and Healing After Stillbirth And New Baby Loss Kevin Gournay, 2019-08-22 'Offering wisdom and understanding, written with sensitivity, this book has much practical help within its pages for a loss like that feels like few others.' - Sands Whether it happens before or shortly after birth, the loss of a baby brings overwhelming grief and parents often struggle to access the professional help they need. In this book, Professor Kevin Gournay - who himself lost a child to stillbirth - and distinguished midwife Dr Brenda Ashcroft offer understanding of what it means to go through this bereavement, and healing advice on how to make sense of it. They give important information about parents' rights, and cover such difficult topics as post mortems and inquests. The book considers parents' reactions, not least feelings of anger, as well as offering help for, and insight into, the relationship difficulties that often follow the loss of a baby. There is support for anyone who might be experiencing anxiety or depression, advice on how other children in the family might be affected, and possible prevention and treatment for future pregnancies. Sympathetic, expert and warmly supportive of any bereaved parent, this book also provides a guide to good practice for professionals in all relevant fields. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Love You Forever Robert N. Munsch, 2003 A story of love between a mother and her son through time. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: The Medical/Health Humanities-Politics, Programs, and Pedagogies Therese Jones, Kathleen Pachucki, 2022-10-26 This book covers a brief history of the Health Humanities Consortium and contains a toolkit for those academic leaders determined to launch inter- and multi-disciplinary health humanities programs in their own colleges and universities. It offers remarkable discussions and descriptions of pedagogical practices from undergraduate programs through medical education and resident training; philosophical and political analyses of structural injustices and clinical biases; and insightful and informative analyses of imaginative work such as comics, literary texts, and paintings. Previously published in Journal of Medical Humanities Volume 42, issue 4, December 2021 Chapters “Reflective Writing about Near-Peer Blogs: A Novel Method for Introducing the Medical Humanities in Premedical Education”, “Medical Students’ Creation of Original Poetry, Comics, and Masks to Explore Professional Identity Formation”, “Reconsidering Empathy: An Interpersonal Approach and Participatory Arts in the Medical Humanities” and “The Health Benefits of Autobiographical Writing: An Interdisciplinary Perspective” are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. |
| stillbirth stories 2014: Surviving My First Year of Child Loss Nathalie Himmelrich, 2017-09 The death of a baby, whether through miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal loss, or the death of an older child, is the worst experience a parent can endure. This book includes twenty-six heart-wrenchingly honest essays by parents who convey their personal challenges and the ways they coped during the first twelve months of child loss. |
Stillbirth - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oct 15, 2024 · With quality health care throughout pregnancy and childbirth, most stillbirths are preventable. The major causes of stillbirth include pregnancy and childbirth-related …
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Aug 23, 2023 · In the United States, stillbirth refers to the death of a fetus at or after the 20th week of pregnancy. 1 The death of a fetus before the 20th week of pregnancy is usually called a …
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Aug 25, 2023 · Stillbirth is the death of a fetus at or after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Learn about stillbirth risk factors, causes, diagnosis, and care. Stillbirth | NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver …
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Nov 30, 2020 · About one stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds, for a total of an estimated 2 million stillborn babies per year according to the latest WHO and UNICEF estimates. Three quarters …
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Aug 23, 2023 · Researchers have identified several possible causes of or contributors to stillbirth. However, in many stillbirths, the cause remains unknown even after extensive testing. …
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Aug 23, 2023 · While there are several known risk factors for stillbirth, not all of them are changeable, and just having risk factors does not mean a stillbirth will definitely occur. In …
Working to Address the Tragedy of Stillbirth - NICHD
Mar 15, 2023 · Stillbirth in the United States cannot be adequately addressed until stillbirth rates are significantly reduced in population groups and geographic communities at highest risk. …
Stillbirth Resources - NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National ...
Aug 25, 2023 · This organization promotes and supports research on stillbirth and works to develop methods to prevent stillbirth. The Resources page provides information about support …
Stillbirth - World Health Organization (WHO)
There are nearly 2 million stillbirths every year, one each 16 seconds. . Over 40 per cent of all stillbirths occur during labour – a loss that could be avoided with improved quality and …
Stillbirth - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oct 15, 2024 · With quality health care throughout pregnancy and childbirth, most stillbirths are preventable. The major causes of stillbirth include pregnancy and childbirth-related …
Stillbirth - NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of …
Aug 23, 2023 · In the United States, stillbirth refers to the death of a fetus at or after the 20th week of pregnancy. 1 The death of a fetus before the 20th week of pregnancy is usually called …
What is stillbirth? | NICHD - NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver …
Aug 23, 2023 · In the United States, stillbirth refers to the death of a fetus at or after the 20th week of pregnancy. 1 The death of a fetus before the 20th week of pregnancy is usually called …
Stillbirth | NICHD - NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National …
Aug 25, 2023 · Stillbirth is the death of a fetus at or after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Learn about stillbirth risk factors, causes, diagnosis, and care. Stillbirth | NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver …
Stillbirth prevention - World Health Organization (WHO)
Nov 30, 2020 · About one stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds, for a total of an estimated 2 million stillborn babies per year according to the latest WHO and UNICEF estimates. Three quarters …
What are possible causes of stillbirth? - NICHD
Aug 23, 2023 · Researchers have identified several possible causes of or contributors to stillbirth. However, in many stillbirths, the cause remains unknown even after extensive testing. …
Other Stillbirth FAQs - NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National ...
Aug 23, 2023 · While there are several known risk factors for stillbirth, not all of them are changeable, and just having risk factors does not mean a stillbirth will definitely occur. In …
Working to Address the Tragedy of Stillbirth - NICHD
Mar 15, 2023 · Stillbirth in the United States cannot be adequately addressed until stillbirth rates are significantly reduced in population groups and geographic communities at highest risk. …
Stillbirth Resources - NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National ...
Aug 25, 2023 · This organization promotes and supports research on stillbirth and works to develop methods to prevent stillbirth. The Resources page provides information about support …
Stillbirth - World Health Organization (WHO)
There are nearly 2 million stillbirths every year, one each 16 seconds. . Over 40 per cent of all stillbirths occur during labour – a loss that could be avoided with improved quality and …
