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When A Baby Dies: The Experience of Late Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death [Paperback]

Alix Henley (Author), Nancy Kohner (Author)
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0415252768 978-0415252768 July 12, 2001 Revised
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.

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About the Author

Nancy Kohner and Alix Henley work at the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society in the UK.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge; Revised edition (July 12, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0415252768
  • ISBN-13: 978-0415252768
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,786,006 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Honest Look at the Pain, October 24, 2003
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This review is from: When A Baby Dies: The Experience of Late Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death (Paperback)
When our baby died at birth 8 years ago, this book ministered to me in a way that many other books on the subject could not. Because the bulk of the book is taken from interviews with and letters from grieving parents, I felt I was being encouraged where I was in my grief, not being told "how to grieve". (Or worse, being given a timetable!) Full of personal stories and touching private moments, When a Baby Dies really answered the questions I did not know how to ask, or even thought of yet. There is a ton of medical information, which I craved at the time, very precise to the individual conditions of each baby. If you are searching for a book full of information, but also personal and moving, then this book should help. And if you are in need of a book on a baby dying, then let me say how sorry I am for your loss.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Honest and matter-of-fact treatment of stillbirth., February 12, 2007
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This review is from: When A Baby Dies: The Experience of Late Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death (Paperback)
After our child was stillborn in 2006, this book was recommended to me. It is a straightforward and honest look at the aftermath of late miscarriage, stillbirth, and neonatal death. The authors use a combination of information and personal stories to structure the book, and this works very well as a device. When the information threatens to get too clinical, the personal stories (told in the words of the parents who suffered the loss) remind the reader of the human side. I appreciated that the authors did not try to tell me as a parent how I should or should not be feeling.

When a Baby Dies is a good book if you are trying to make sense of your own loss, or would like to support someone else through their grieving process. The book comes with a long appendix which provides possible medical explanations for stillbirth and neonatal death.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A decent book to read with technical references, May 14, 1998
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I wish this book would have dealt more with the emotional impact of infant death. There was a good section on self help and support.
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These are the stories of parents whose babies died, either before birth or afterwards. Read the first page
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