The Prenatal Bombshell

Stephanie Azri; Sherokee Ilse

doi:10.5771/9781442239432

Summary

Finding out your unborn child has been diagnosed with a poor or fatal prenatal diagnosis is devastating news sure to reverberate through your family’s life forever. The emotional aspects of such a pregnancy and the practical implications of an adverse diagnosis are difficult to navigate. The Prenatal Bombshell is a warm and understanding companion guide through the journey from diagnosis and beyond once you’ve decided to either continue or end your precious pregnancy. Issues such as managing the pregnancy, delivery, termination, creating memories, future babies, and the long term impact of such a traumatic experience are all covered in detail. The lived experiences of other women who have gone through this journey are also included to provide hope, support, and guidance through difficult times.

The Prenatal Bombshell does not attempt to convince women to make a particular choice about their pregnancy. It supports them from their choice onwards in a way that is honest, informative, and reliable. Filled with stories and testimonies, this is a helpful book to have during, and well beyond, a poor prenatal diagnosis.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2015
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-3942-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-3943-2
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 254
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Preface No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
5. Introduction No access
1. 1 Embrace Your Pregnancy No access
2. 2 Palliative Care and Perinatal Hospice No access
3. 3 Pressure from Others to Change Your Mind No access
4. 4 Family Dynamics No access
5. 5 Medical Issues No access
6. 6 Birth Plans and Preparation No access
7. 7 The Labor and Birth No access
8. 8 If Your Baby Is Born Alive No access
9. 9 If Your Baby Dies No access
10. 10 Memory Creation No access
11. 11 Saying Good-bye No access
1. 12 Living beyond the Decision No access
2. 13 Regrets and Guilt No access
3. 14 Family Dynamics No access
4. 15 Holding onto Memories No access
1. 16 The Early Days No access
2. 17 Building Support from Others No access
3. 18 How Men and Women Grieve and Get Along No access
4. 19 Single Moms No access
5. 20 Supporting Your Children No access
6. 21 Workplace Issues No access
7. 22 Postpartum and Self-care No access
8. 23 Grief and Healing No access
9. 24 Down the Road a Bit No access
10. 25 Trying Again No access
11. 26 Subsequent Babies No access
Resources No access Pages 241 - 250
Selected Bibliography No access Pages 251 - 252
About the Authors No access Pages 253 - 254