Help Comfort & Hope

by Hannah Lothrop

"An exceptional book that I enthusiastically recommend to everyone whose life has been touched by the death of a baby." Pat Stauber, RN, MSW, Bereavement Coordinator, North Shore Medical Center, Miami, Florida Your child's death is like losing a part of yourself. . . This special book speaks to those who have lost a child through miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death, sudden infant death and termination of pregnancy. It is also for the caregivers who help them through this difficult time. The voices of other parents who have suffered the devastation of their baby's death are heard throughout this warmly written, insightful book. Part One guides parents through the experience of bereavement, from shock to a time of renewal and coping. Hannah Lothrop gently suggests what has helped other parents in this situation and might help ideas that are both comforting and practical for working through grief, shared with compassion and understanding. Part Two provides specific information for caregivers in the hospital and those providing care for the family. These caregivers may include hospital staff, ministers, childbirth educators, funeral directors and support-group members. An extensive resources section helps parents identify additional sources of support. Help, Comfort & Hope after Losing Your Baby in Pregnancy or the First Year can help parents consecrate their precious memories of this pregnancy, this baby. And with empathy and first-hand knowledge, Hannah Lothrop also helps bereaved parents start an important healing process that resolves grief into acceptance.

296 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Emina · Rating 5 out of 5]

So ein wichtiges Buch für alle, die einen frühen Verlust erleiden mussten und für alle, die Betroffene betreuen. (Mediziner, Hebammen, Pflege etc.)

[Toni · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book required me to not be narrow-minded. The first chapter delineates terrifying hard lines on the frequency of infant loss. I put my walls up after chapter one. Then I started skimming instead of reading. The author delves into very "new-agey" ways to cope. I scoffed.

After I read another grief book, I came back to this one, softened. When I reread this one, I found a few good coping tools! While other grief books focus on how it's normal to feel a particular way and provide quotes form other parents who have lost, this one tries to put tools in your tool bag of self-help. I rather appreciated that.

[Ute Weiß · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helped me a lot after my miscarriage

[Danielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book for those who have been touched by the loss of a baby including family and friends of someone who has lost a baby. I also think its a great read for caregivers, physicians, nurses, midwives and bereavement counselors. If you are looking for the right words and right things to do for others.

[Chelsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is full of useful, practical information. I got it from the library just a few days after my second stillbirth (but first in the hospital), and wish I could have read it before. Highly recommend.

[Kimberly · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was helpful to me at a difficult time. I found other books that I related to more, but this one is still good. I would recommend this to anyone that has lost a baby.