Navigating the Unknown: An Immediate Guide When Experiencing the Loss of Your Baby

by Amie Lands

"How does a grieving parent survive when their beloved baby has died? Bereaved families often find themselves navigating an unknown world after experiencing stillbirth or infant loss. When faced with this unimaginable situation, this is the book that families need immediately to help guide them through their loss."
Navigating the Unknown, An Immediate Guide When Experiencing the Loss Of Your Baby is a handbook for bereaved parents, those who love them, and the medical staff who care for them. This book has been written to serve and guide families when they receive a life-limiting diagnosis and in the days immediately following the loss of their precious baby. It is a book that all parents hope they will never have to read, created to support those who have been thrust into a world in which their baby will never come home.
This book encompasses everything that you need to know about navigating the unfamiliar journey of grief. It covers all the unexpected decisions that need to be made when a parent faces such devastating news, and follows through the first year and after, including:
*informing others
*experiencing grief
*taking care of oneself
*asking for help
*how to re-enter into the world
*having "grocery store conversations"
*holidays, birthdays, anniversaries
*how to memorialize, honor and celebrate your precious baby
Whether the loss is recent, beyond the first year, or you are simply the loved one of a grieving parent, Navigating the Unknown will gently walk with you through this devastating experience.

174 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 26, 2017

About the author

Amie Lands is a wife, mother, teacher and author of the books Navigating the Unknown and Our Only Time. She is the proud founder of The Ruthie Lou Foundation, a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist®, and an ongoing contributor at Still Standing Magazine. Since her daughter’s brief life, Amie’s passion is offering hope and providing support to bereaved families. Amie lives in Northern California, United States with her husband and their two sons.

Reviews

[M.B. Antevasin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a beautiful gift for anyone who is experiencing loss and needs to know how to make it through.

[Amie Lands · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my book & the book I wish I had when my beloved daughter died. I hope it lands in the hands that need it most, at the moment they hear the most devastating news that their child has or will die. I wish nobody ever needed this book, but unfortunately it is a much-needed book.