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Motherhood After Miscarriage

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I recently experienced my first miscarriage (and pregnancy) and found myself bombarded everywhere by stories of multiple miscarriages. These stories made my grief even more intense and gave me little hope for my future pregnancies. In "Motherhood After Miscarriage," Diamond describes a few cases of multiple miscarriages (including her own) but also emphasizes that most women who have experienced a single miscarriage do go on to have successful second pregnancies. After reading several books on the subject of miscarriage, I found this book gave me the most hope and optimism.

I am a mother of two, and recently had a miscarriage. This was the most traumatic, painful time of my life. It is a topic that most people don't discuss. Husbands are supportive, but not entirely understanding to how hard this will affect a woman. This book gave me insight into what was happening with my body, why this was happening to me, and how I can possibly go on to consider conceiving another child. I highly recommend this book to any woman who is faced with this very difficult, painful loss of a child.

I really got a lot of this book after my missed miscarriage at two months pregnant. It helped me emotionally to hear her story and the stories of other women. It also provided me with all the medical information I needed and helped me to get a list of questions for my doctor. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who has lost a pregnancy.

I read this book after experiencing my first miscarriage.It became my bible in understanding why this happened to me. The book gives detailed information as to the several known causes for miscarriage and also discussed the emotional side of loosing a pregancy. The author also encourages women to try again to get pregnant because if indeed there is a problem most doctors will not do anything until you have experienced at least three. The author writes in a very sympathetic but straighforward manner and really helped me to find the courage to try again.

I got this book the day my OBGYN gave me the misoprostal to induce a miscarriage. After 2 years of infertility treatments my husband and I were devastated to learn our baby had died in utero at 11 weeks. Ms. Diamond's book helped me to heal and move on. The clear explanations helped me to understand the miscarriage and gave me concrete reasons that made sense to my head. Ms. Diamond's book also helped my heart by explaining to me that I wasn't alone (I thought I was) and that miscarriage doesn't make you less a woman.

I think this book ought to be recommended by every OBGYN or Family Practice doctor who deals with patients who have miscarriages.

I purchased Motherhood... 2 weeks after my miscarriage and I wished I had gotten it sooner. I needed every word of the book so badly because I was seeking answers and solutions and no one could really help me. This book has aided me in healing. I had one successful pregnancy and never imagined in a million years that I would have a miscarriage during my 2nd pregnancy. Thanks to Ms. Diamond ( a true diamond indeed) for the gift of knowledge she has given to all women!!

I read this book two weeks after my D & C. I wish I had read it sooner. We had finally become pregnant after 1 1/2 years of trying. It was devastating to miscarry at 9 weeks. This book helped me to understand my grief and also offered a glimmer of hope for the future. It doesn't matter if this was your first pregnancy (like ours), or not. This was the most compassionate, understanding book I read. My husband will be reading it next, because I think it will be as helpful to men as it is for women.

"Motherhood after Miscarriage" is my bedtime book after my miscarriage. It explores physical & emotional effects of miscarriage and I was very much drawn. The author's personal stories & experiences on miscarriage give a great deal of support, comfort & courage to all women. Her biological & scientific knowledge also help women grow more awareness to their body & health. It is a book of light & knowledge!

At first, I really liked this book. I liked the way it began and could relate to what other women had experienced. Having gone through a "missed miscarriage" myself, I sought an explanation for what had happened but I also was looking for some motivational support in preparing to try again. In my opinion, the book became very scientific and confusing and I slowly became uninterested and started to bounce around to different chapters. Even though the author suggests that all women should keep trying, though some won't, I didn't feel the author provided much emotional or motivational support that I was looking for and walked away feeling concerned, doubtful, sad, worried, anxious and confused. I've decided that this book was not for me and have put it away with all my other books and doubt I will ever go back to it. I don't think this book is for everyone, but it might be worth giving it a try.

...but I found this book to be empowering. Many of my friends who suffered miscarriages had to just try again. Their doctors offered little more in the way of explination then "these things happen" That was not enough for me. I wanted to do everything possible to make sure it didn't happen again. If you are looking for a book that makes you "feel better" then this one may not be the best (although if you read it carefully, it does that too). But if you are looking for a book that takes your concerns about miscarriage seriously and gives you ideas to discuss with your doctor, this book is excellent.