1st Edition
How to Cope With Pregnancy Loss Support for Women and Their Partners
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction..........................................................................
Chapter 1: What is Pregnancy Loss?................................
Chapter 2: Why Does Pregnancy Loss Happen?..............
Chapter 3: What Can I Expect from the Medical Experience?.......................................................................
Chapter 4: What Can I Expect to Feel After Loss?...........
Chapter 5: What About a Partner's Experience?...............
Chapter 6: How Can I Find The Right Support?...............
Chapter 7: How Do I Resume Everyday Life?.................
Chapter 8: Should We Try Again or Not?........................
Chapter 9: How Can I Honour My Loss?.........................
Chapter 10: What Should I Say (or Not Say) To Someone After Pregnancy Loss?
Chapter 11: What Else Can I Do to Support Someone?
Epilogue:
Glossary.................................................................................
Index......................................................................................
Biography
Julia Bueno is a UKCP registered psychotherapist and supervisor with twenty years’ experience of supporting women, and couples, after reproductive loss. She has worked for the NHS, charitable organisations and in private practice as a psychotherapist, and facilitated both online and face-to face support groups, and for miscarriage and infertility. She has trained health professionals to understand the potential complexities of the associated losses and grief. She was a Trustee of the Miscarriage Association and now curate their expert practitioner register, and she is a member of their Health Advisory Board. She also has personal experience of pregnancy loss and her first book The Brink of Being – talking about miscarriage (Virago Press) was awarded the British Medical Association’s Popular Medicine Book of the Year in 2021 and was a runner up for the British Psychological Society’s Book of the Year 2021.
A compassionate, comprehensive guide to pregnancy loss that seamlessly weaves together medical insight with emotional and practical support. Inclusive and deeply humane, it recognises the wide range of experiences after loss. This is both a vital resource and a source of comfort—like a virtual hug for those navigating an often lonely path.
Dr Jessica Farren FRCOG PhD, Consultant Gynaecologist
A compassionate guide for those experiencing pregnancy loss, and a much needed resource for everyone around them.
Dr Matthew Prior, MBBS PhD MRCOG, Consultant Gynaecologist and Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine
