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A remarkable story about a mother's fight for her son's life., June 8, 2007
This review is from: To Full Term: A Mother's Triumph Over Miscarriage (Mass Market Paperback)
First things first: I'm a family friend of the Kleins: I've known Darci's husband since childhood and Darci since they married nearly 15 years ago. And I also reviewed the book as Darci was writing it.
But despite living through Darci's pregnancy (as much as someone 3,000 miles away can experience it) and knowing the story, I honestly found "To Full Term" a powerful and engaging story which taught me something about Darci, about her relationship with her husband, and perhaps most important of all, about the remarkable lack of attention pregnancy loss gets and the importance of being an educated and engaged parent and patient. I have no doubt that Darci's fight for the care she received was truly a fight for her son Sam's life, one that would have been lost had she not been so committed.
This is a gripping story that reads like great fiction -- with interesting, sympethetic characters and compelling drama -- but it's also a shocking expose on one important way our health care providers and the medical community fail us, and it's a story that needs to be told.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A book best for those past the grieving stage, August 15, 2008
This review is from: To Full Term: A Mother's Triumph Over Miscarriage (Mass Market Paperback)
I recommend this book primarily for women in the determined phase after their miscarriages, who want to hear a strong, steady voice describing one mother's search for answers to her recurring losses.
Interweaved in the story are background facts, statistics about loss, the National Institutes of Health's woeful funding on miscarriage, and what she feels is the incriminating lack of chromosomal testing on early miscarriages to separate women into those who had "bad luck," and those who have a problem that can be treated to save pregnancies.
Klein's story is passionate and clearly told. She was adamant that she not lose any more babies and demanded medical intervention to save them.
I do think, however, that her mixture of stats and story is not very helpful in the early days following your first loss. It's hard to feel emotionally involved in her journey when you are constantly being fed facts in an order that might not be what you want to know, when you want to know it. Her writing is very edgy and strong, a voice that might be difficult to relate to during your saddest days.
But for those of you who have had two losses or more, those of you who are determined, frustrated, and maybe still a bit angry at your lack of answers or your care, then this is a solidly written and researched book about the journey.
Read a full review at www.pregnancyloss.info
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Page Turner, June 26, 2007
This review is from: To Full Term: A Mother's Triumph Over Miscarriage (Mass Market Paperback)
I was nervous that this book would concentrate too much on medical terms and be dull, but was pleasantly suprised that this was a funny, interesting, and captivating book. I couldn't put it down, even though I knew how the story ended from reading the cover. I would feel comfortable recommending this book to anyone. Great book, great topic!
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