Books on Grief and Prenatal Loss
Helpful Books
On this page you will find a list of books on decision making, grief, and healing following poor prenatal diagnosis and pregnancy interruption.
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Decision Making After Poor Prenatal Diagnosis
Difficult Decisions For Families Whose Unborn Baby Has a Serious Problem
by Scott Scribner, et al
Precious Lives, Painful Choices: A Prenatal Decision-Making Guide
by Sherokee Ilse
A Time to Decide, A Time to Heal For Parents Making Difficult Decisions About Babies They Love
edited by Molly A. Minnick, ACSW et al
The Burden of Choice: Collected Stories from Parents Facing a Diagnosis of Abnormalities During Pregnancy compiled
by Georgina Pearson
Grief & Healing: Specific to Pregnancy Interruption
Our Heartbreaking Choices
edited by Christie Brooks
A Mother’s Dilemma: A Spiritual Search for Meaning Following Pregnancy Interruption After Prenatal Diagnosis
by Wendy Lyon with Molly A. Minnick, ACSW
Abortion: How to Feel Better Afterwards—A Neutral Guide to Recovery
by Jilly Smith
Grief & Healing: General Prenatal Loss
Unspeakable Losses
by Kim Kluger-Bell
Another Baby? Maybe … questions regarding pregnancy after loss
by Sherokee Ilse and Maribeth Wilder Doerr
For Better Or Worse: For Couples Whose Child Has Died
by Maribeth Wilder Doerr.
An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination a memoir
by Elizabeth McCracken
A Silent Sorrow—Pregnancy Loss
by lngrid Kohn, MSW and Perry-Lynn Moffitt with Isabelle A. Wilkins, M.D.
Surviving Pregnancy Loss
by Rochelle Friedman, M.D. and Bonnie Gradstein
A Guide For Fathers When a Baby Dies
by Tim Nelson
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby
by Deborah L. Davis
Grief Workbooks & Support Group Manuals
Life Line: A Journal for Parents Grieving a Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Early Infant Death
by Joanie Reid
Support Group Manual: A training manual for conducting support programs for parents who have interrupted pregnancies
by Kathleen J. Delp ACSW and Molly A. Minnick ACSW.
The Art of Helping—What to Say and Do When Someone is Hurting
by Lauren Briggs
General Grief (Not Specific to Prenatal Loss)
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
by Pema Chodron
When Bad Things Happen to Good People
by Harold S. Kushner
The Reality Slap: Finding Peace & Fulfillment when Life Hurts
by Russ Harris
God Said, Ha! a memoir
by Julia Sweeney
Talking to Children About Abortion or Loss
Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children
by Bryan Mellonie
Sister Apple, Sister Pig
by Mary Walling Blackburn (instant download)
Where Are You? A Child’s Book About Loss
by Laura Oliveri
Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss
by Pat Schwiebert
We Were Gonna Have a Baby, But We Had an Angel Instead
by Pat Schwiebert
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages
by Leo Buscaglia
Pregnancy After Loss (Subsequent Pregnancy)
Celebrating Pregnancy Again: Restoring the lost joys of pregnancy after the loss of a child
by Franchesca Cox
Trying Again: A Guide to Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth & Infant Loss
by Ann Douglas
Pregnancy After a Loss: A Guide to Pregnancy After a Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Infant Death
by Carol Cirulli Lanham
Fiction Involving Termination for Medical Reasons
State of Love & Trust
by Grace Ombry
Red Hook Road
by Ayelet Waldman