Surviving Pregnancy Loss: A Complete Sourcebook for Women and Their Families [Paperback]

Friedman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1996

This sourcebook is designed for those women who have suffered the trauma of pregnancy loss, and is designed to be both reassuring and insightful, offering clinical advice on how to deal with the pain of miscarriage, stillbirth or ectopic pregnancy. This revised edition has been expanded to include information on invitro and surviving a loss after amniocentesis, and is designed to be of interest to women suffering the effects of a pregnancy loss and for those who care for and about them, providing practical approaches to coping with the emotional problems associated with a pregnancy loss. The book includes personal accounts by women who have undergone a pregnancy loss as well as a discussion of the physical and emotional consequences of loss and a consideration of options for the future - trying again or considering adoption.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 270 pages
• Publisher: Citadel; Rev Upd edition (April 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806517581
• ISBN-13: 978-0806517582
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,729,437 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not for ectopic pregnancy..., June 16, 1999

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This review is from: Surviving Pregnancy Loss: A Complete Sourcebook for Women and Their Families (Paperback)

If you have had an ectopic pregnancy, do not purchase this book! While blighted ovums and molar pregnancies are devastating occurances, they are very different than ectopic pregnancies. This book groups the three together, even mentioning them as "a mass of tissue". My ectopic pregnancy was 14 weeks, and he was anything but tissue. I found this book to very insensitive on the loss of a pregnancy due to ectopic. True that the woman's health is important in this type of pregnancy, but the book seemed to only focus on this aspect of ectopic pregnancy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book helped me to realize I am not alone, November 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Surviving Pregnancy Loss: A Complete Sourcebook for Women and Their Families (Paperback)

This was a good book for people who have experienced 1 or more miscarriages. It does not have to be read cover to cover. Each chapter is a separate entity, you only need (or want) to read the chapters that are applicable to your situation. It was a book that made me feel as though I was not alone in this situation.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful for families, too, February 21, 2000

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Frances Kehlbeck Civello "www.civellophoto.com" (Hershey, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surviving Pregnancy Loss: A Complete Sourcebook for Women and Their Families (Paperback)

I found a lot of good information and advice in this book as I coped with an ectopic pregnancy--not only for myself, but also for my husband and for our families. Although the section on ectopic pregnancy does not adequately address the treatment options (or the emotional ramifications of extended methotrexate therapy), the general text dealing with miscarriage really helped me.