| View Larger Image | Empty Cradle, Broken Heart, Revised Edition: Surviving the Death of Your Baby | Paperbackby Deborah L. Davis (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Fulcrum Publishing | | Edition: | Revised & enlargedth Edition | | Page Count: | 288 Pages | | Publication Date: | 1996 | | Sales Rank: | 175,548th |
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Product Description
The heartache of miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death affects thousands of U.S. families every year. Empty Cradle, Broken Heart offers reassurance to parents who struggle with anger, guilt, and despair after such tragedy. Deborah Davis encourages grieving and makes suggestions for coping. The book includes information on issues such as the death of one or more babies from a multiple birth, pregnancy interruption, and the questioning of aggressive medical intervention. There is also a special chapter for fathers as well as a chapter on "protective parenting" to help anxious parents enjoy their precious living children. Doctors, nurses, relatives, friends, and other support persons can gain special insight. Most importantly, parents facing the death of a baby will find necessary support in this gentle guide. If reading this book moves you to cry, try to accept this reaction. Your tears merge with those of other grieving parents. You are not alon! e. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 41 reviews)
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The best loss book I read after the death of my son by tetera  5 Stars
September 10, 2009
I read so many books after my oldest son died, scouring libraries for the few they had and trying to decide between the myriad options on the internet, and I can honestly say that this was the most helpful one I read. It was very emotional and difficult to read at times and sometimes I had to put it down and come back to it later- sometimes after half an hour, other times after weeks, but I was so grateful to have it after my son's death and if I had been prepared and known we were going to lose him, I would have made sure I had it earlier, rather than a few weeks after he died.
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By far the best book on this painful subject by Nicole Pinou (Long Island, NY) 5 Stars
July 28, 2009
My husband and I lost our first child in May 1996 to stillbirth at term. We were completely devastated, having endured eight years of infertility and numerous miscarriages. I honestly did not know how I was going to go on any longer. A friend of my sister-in-law's had gone through a similar experience about a year earlier and lent me her copy of this book. It was truly the ONLY thing that helped me in those first difficult few weeks and months after losing our baby girl. It helped me so much to understand that the feelings of isolation and despair were normal and part of the grieving process. I eventually returned the book to its owner after buying my own copy, and at Christmastime 1996 purchased 100 copies and donated them in our daughter's name to ou hospital so that anyone who suffered a loss like this would have it right away, when it is needed most.
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Not for those who feel strongly about right to life by Shannon E. Renfro (Yorktown, VA United States)  1 Stars
June 24, 2009
I purchased this book right after the death of my daughter, who was born still at 40 weeks and 3 days. Initially, I thought this was a great book. It has lots of insight throughout from mothers who have walked this road before. Then, I got to a chapter on decisions. It was about facing illness and potentially special needs children. It is important to note that my child was thought to have Down Syndrome. The 8 different stories of women who had shared their insight throughout the book really upset me. Some mothers had to make the painful decision to take their child off life support. What really upset me was that of the mothers whose children were expected to have challenges, they all chose to abort. Not only am I mourning my own child, now I am mourning those babies who weren't given a chance at life. They are all proud of their decisions too. I feel very strongly that it wasn't my life to give or take, no matter what. I will be throwing this book away.
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Should have bought this sooner! by Amanda Leigh (Baltimore, MD) 5 Stars
June 13, 2009
I suffered a miscarriage about 7 years ago. Since then it's been quite a struggle. I didn't realize until I finally ordered this book and started to read it how much I really needed to confront the pain and grief that I had suffered. There is one chapter that really justified this for me where the author discussed how you can't avoid the grief, you can't go under it or skip over it or go around it -- you simply have to go through it. Some parts are more painful than others, but I finally feel like I have the tools to put it behind me and feel positive about healing.
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after a loss, you need this book by M. D. Hernandez 5 Stars
May 01, 2009
no matter how bad or tough your situation is now, this book will let you know that others have walked in you shoes or had even heavier burdens...really helped me heal
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