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Healing from the trauma of pregnancy loss : reclaiming your reproductive story
Jaffe, Janet, Ph. D.2026
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"This book aims to help would-be parents and their supporters better understand how pregnancy loss happens, why it is so uniquely traumatic, how experiences of grief and coping can vary, and how sufferers can move forward after these devastating events. Anyone who has faced the trauma of pregnancy loss-be it a miscarriage, stillbirth, or other experience of heartbreak-knows how lonely, frightening, and overwhelming it can be. These losses, although tragically common, are rarely spoken about, and can leave bereaved would-be parents feeling guilty, shunned, and full of shame. Their friends and family may also feel helpless and unsure of how to react. Based on personal and clinical experience and a deep understanding of the research on pregnancy loss, Dr. Jaffe offers a personable, supportive, and caring voice to serve as a companion in those long hours of grief. The book aims to help readers reflect on pregnancy loss and grief, and to find ways of coping and a path to healing and change. Dr. Jaffe focuses on the concept of the reproductive story: the sometimes conscious, but often unconscious hopes and dreams people internalize about becoming a parent. She shows readers how to uncover and recognize their story-as well as their power to edit that story, write new endings, and continue their journey."-- Publisher's website.
Main title:
Healing from the trauma of pregnancy loss : reclaiming your reproductive story / Janet Jaffe, PhD.
Author:
Jaffe, Janet, Ph. D., author
Imprint:
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2026]©2026
Collation:
vi, 257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-249) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: When the path to parenthood is thwarted by lossWhen the loss of pregnancy becomes realYour reproductive story: how it began and the chapter you are in nowThe trauma of a pregnancy loss: what happens when dreams are shattered?How do you grieve your baby?We are not on the same page: when couples grieve reproductive losses differentlyI feel invisible: coping in a child-centric worldTrying again: hope mixed with a dose of anxietyFrom reproductive trauma to growth: healing and changeOne story ends, another beginsEpilogue: the end of the story.
ISBN:
9781433844416 (paperback)
Dewey class:
155.937
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
704730