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They Were Still Born
Personal Stories about Stillbirth
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2010
Summary
Stillbirth, defined as the death of an infant between 20 weeks' gestation and birth, is a tragedy repeated thirty thousand times every year in the United States. That means more than eighty mothers a day feel their babies slip silently from their bodies, the only sound in the delivery room their own sobs. Eighty stillborn babies a day means heartbroken families mourn the death of children who will never breathe, gurgle, learn to walk, or go to school.
In 2006, Janel Atlas became one of those mothers who left the hospital with empty arms; her second daughter, Beatrice Dianne, was stillborn at 36 weeks. Reaching out for comfort, she realized a dire need shared by so many others like her, and so was born a collection of new essays by writers each sharing their firsthand experiences with stillbirth. Atlas includes selections not only from mothers but also fathers and grandparents, all of whom have intimate stories to share with readers. In addition, there are selections that answer many of the medical questions families have in the wake of a stillbirth and that offer the latest research on this devastating loss and how it might be prevented. Grieving parents will find in these pages the comfort of knowing they are not alone on this painful path, validation of their babies' lives, and guidance from those who have suffered this tragedy. In addition, They Were Still Born both inspires and shows readers how to honor and remember their own babies and stories of loss.
No parent- or grandparent-to-be sets out planning to purchase They Were Still Born. Unfortunately, there will always be readers-devastated, grieving, and searching for voices to help them through-who
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-0412-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-0414-0
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
254
Product type
Edited Book
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Foreword No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 1 What No One Tells You No access
Chapter 2 Blindsided No access
Chapter 3 Two Children, One Living No access
Chapter 4 The Traumatic Contradiction: When Birth and Death Collide No access
Chapter 5 Living with (and without) Caleb No access
Chapter 6 He Changed Our World No access
Chapter 7 Mothering Grief No access
Chapter 8 In a Wild Place No access
Chapter 9 Born, Again No access
Chapter 10 Just One Family No access
Chapter 11 “Then Comes the Baby in the Baby Carriage” No access
Chapter 12 A Plan Gone Awry No access
Chapter 13 Saying “Grace”: Family’s and Friends’ Responses to My Daughter’s Stillbirth No access
Chapter 14 Our Christmas Angel No access
Chapter 15 She Was Significant No access
Chapter 16 How Death Can Bring Life: A Caregiver’s Perspective No access
Chapter 17 Invincible No More: What My Daughter’s Stillbirth Taught Me about Life No access
Chapter 18 Reunion Group No access
Chapter 19 Standing in the Shadows of Grief No access
Chapter 20 Grief and Creativity No access
Chapter 21 The Year of Angels No access
Chapter 22 Honoring and Remembering Your Baby No access
Chapter 23 Creative Expressions of Grief No access
Chapter 24 What We Know about Stillbirth No access
