Interrogating Pregnancy Loss: Feminst Writings on Abortion, Miscarriage and Stillbirth

Interrogating Pregnancy Loss: Feminst Writings on Abortion, Miscarriage and Stillbirth
Author: R.M. Lind
Publisher: Demeter Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2017-11-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1772581569

Whereas biomedical and feminist literature treat abortion, miscarriage, and stillbirth as differently conceptualized events, this collection explores the connections between these three categories. How have feminist debates and strategies around reproductive choice invigorated the cultural conversation about miscarriage and stillbirth? How can we imagine more nuanced engagements with the spectrum of experiences that are at stake when a pregnancy ends? And how can we effectively create a space where pregnant people contend with the ways that loss makes meaning for those who grieve and/or celebrate the end of pregnancy? This collection centres pregnancy loss as an embodied and social phenomenon within a framework that understands pregnancy as a process with no guaranteed outcomes. Interrogating Pregnancy Loss considers pregnancy as an epistemic source, one that has the capacity to reveal the limits of our collective assumptions about temporality, expectation, narrative, and social legitimacy. By interrogating loss, this collection argues that the lessons learned from loss have the capacity to serve our collective understandings of both the expected and unexpected rhythms of social and reproductive life.

Silent Grief

Silent Grief
Author: Clara Hinton
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
Total Pages: 159
Release: 1998-02
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 089221371X

Almost 200,000 couples in America each year suffer through the tragedy of miscarriage. And that statistic only tells us about first trimester miscarriages. The emotional pain of longer-term miscarriages, and the untold numbers of mothers and fathers who keep silent about their hurt, make this form of child loss especially cruel.But in Silent Grief, author Clara Hinton brings a clear message of hope through the cold mourning. Writing of her own grief, and interviewing scores of women and men, she offers not pat answers, but instead show us this: You are not alone.

Reproductive Losses

Reproductive Losses
Author: Christa Craven
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2019-05-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0429776810

Although there are far more opportunities for LGBTQ people to become parents than there were before the 1990s, attention to the reproductive challenges LGBTQ families face has not kept pace. Reproductive Losses considers LGBTQ people’s experiences with miscarriage, stillbirth, failed adoptions, infertility, and sterility. Drawing on Craven’s training as a feminist anthropologist and her experiences as a queer parent who has experienced loss, Reproductive Losses includes detailed stories drawn from over fifty interviews with LGBTQ people (including those who carried pregnancies, non-gestational and adoptive parents, and families from a broad range of racial/ethnic, socio-economic, and religious backgrounds) to consider how they experience loss, grief, and mourning. The book includes productive suggestions and personal narratives of resiliency, commemorative strategies, and communal support, while also acknowledging the adversity many LGBTQ people face as they attempt to form families and the heteronormativity of support resources for those who have experienced reproductive loss. This is essential reading for scholars and professionals interested in LGBTQ health and family, and for individuals in LGBTQ communities who have experienced loss and those who support them. See additional material on the companion website: www.lgbtqreproductiveloss.org/

Empty Cradle, Broken Heart

Empty Cradle, Broken Heart
Author: Deborah L. Davis
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1996
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781555913021

Reassurance for parents who struggle with anger, guilt, and despair after a miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death.

My Miscarriage

My Miscarriage
Author: Traci McCombs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2021-03-22
Genre:
ISBN:

My Miscarriage: And Other Uninvited Events is a heart-wrenching, thought-provoking, honest account of how Traci learned to navigate the fine line between hope and grief, faith and despair while battling infertility and cancer. Don't expect sugar-coated words, religious clichés, unhelpful empty words, and complex medical jargon from a girl playing the victim. That is not what you need right now. What you need and want is a book and a friend that you can draw close to as you whisper, "I Had a Miscarriage too." My Miscarriage: And Other Uninvited Events is written from Traci's deep sense of responsibility to support other women struggling with miscarriage, infertility, and pregnancy loss. Author Traci McCombs pulls back the veil of silence, which has shrouded the topic of miscarriage, infertility, and pregnancy loss for too long. Sharing her experience and the stores shared to her by other women battling to find pregnancy after loss. This book is a gift from my heart to yours. I understand how hard it is to be vulnerable when complicated by miscarriage, infertility, and pregnancy loss. I hope that you will begin to heal and find peace on your road to motherhood by sharing my story. Your scary, crazy, winding, beautiful road to motherhood. Thank you for being strong, Traci Reviews: Traci gives us a raw, personal, and compelling look into the world of miscarriage through her personal struggles and the experiences of close friends. This much-needed memoir brings awareness and gives a voice to a space that is unfortunately all too common yet tragically misunderstood. I know this book will inspire those struggling silently to feel validation and comfort in their own time of grief. Whitney Henneman, Author of The Barren Cry and creator of Orlando based Hope Infertility Support Group Traci's book My Miscarriage will definitely encourage women who are struggling with infertility or pregnancy loss. Too often, as women facing these difficult situations, we keep our grief a secret, which can end up increasing our heartache and making us feel isolated. Readers will be assured that they are not alone in their struggles. Traci chronicles her experience with infertility and miscarriages, intertwining her story with the reproductive challenges that her friends and family members were also going through. I recommend this book to any woman facing infertility or loss Betsy Herman, Author of Beauty in Barren Places Traci's stories will meet you with blessing and comfort. Her vulnerability will give words to your own journey and loss. You will finally be seen and heard in your own pain, and you will likely whisper, "Me too," as you turn each page. This book is for the woman who needs hope and a friend during one of life's greatest pains, the loss of a baby through miscarriage. Amy Sylvestre, Author of Wholehearted Devotional, Truth for a Heart in Pieces

I Had a Miscarriage

I Had a Miscarriage
Author: Jessica Zucker
Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2021-03-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1558612890

Sixteen weeks into her second pregnancy, psychologist Jessica Zucker miscarried at home, alone. Suddenly, her career, spent specializing in reproductive and maternal mental health, was rendered corporeal, no longer just theoretical. She now had a changed perspective on her life’s work, her patients’ pain, and the crucial need for a zeitgeist shift. Navigating this nascent transition amid her own grief became a catalyst for Jessica to bring voice to this ubiquitous experience. She embarked on a mission to upend the strident trifecta of silence, shame, and stigma that surrounds reproductive loss—and the result is her striking memoir meets manifesto. Drawing from her psychological expertise and her work as the creator of the #IHadaMiscarriage campaign, I Had a Miscarriage is a heart-wrenching, thought-provoking, and validating book about navigating these liminal spaces and the vitality of truth telling—an urgent reminder of the power of speaking openly and unapologetically about the complexities of our lives. Jessica Zucker weaves her own experience and other women's stories into a compassionate and compelling exploration of grief as a necessary, nuanced personal and communal process. She inspires her readers to speak their truth and, in turn, to ignite transformative change within themselves and in our culture.

Motherhood Lost

Motherhood Lost
Author: Linda L. Layne
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1135222169

Nearly 20% of all pregnancies in the U.S. end in miscarriage or stillbirth. Yet pregnancy loss is seldom acknowledged and rarely discussed. Opening the topic to a thoughtful and informed discussion, Linda Layne takes a historical look at pregnancy loss in America, reproductive technologies and the cultural responses surrounding miscarriage. Examining both support groups and the rituals they create to help couples through loss, her analysis offers valuable insight on how material culture contributes to conceptions of personhood. A fascinating examination, Motherhood Lost is also a provocative challenge to feminists and other activists to increase awareness and provide necessary support for this often hidden but critically important topic.

Held

Held
Author: Abbey Wedgeworth
Publisher: The Good Book Company
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1784985511

Using Psalm 139, Abbey Wedgeworth walks alongside women suffering the heartbreak of miscarriage. Having experienced the sorrow of miscarriage herself, she acknowledges the isolation commonly felt and the impact that such an experience can have on faith. The 31 biblical reflections in this beautiful and comforting book remind grieving women that God sees them, knows them, loves them, and is actively caring for them. These precious verses will show women that God can bring comfort, assurance, protection, and purpose in the very sorrow that they are experiencing. Includes personal stories of pregnancy loss from others, including Courtney Reissig, Kristie Anyabwile, and Eric Schumacher encouraging sufferers that they are not alone. It is a very helpful book to give to women who are suffering in this way.