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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, thereare 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. --from publisher description
List of contents
1 Forward
2 Introduction
3 One: What No One Tells You
4 Two: Blindsided
5 Three: Two Children, One Living
6 Four: The Traumatic Contradiction
7 Five: Living With (and Without) Caleb
8 Six: He Changed Our World
9 Seven: Mothering Grief
10 Eight: In a Wild Place
11 Nine: Born, Again
12 Ten: Just One Family
13 Eleven: Then Comes the Baby in the Baby Carriage
14 Twelve: A Plan Gone Awry
15 Thirteen: Saying "Grace": Family and Friend's Responses to My Daughter's Stillbirth
16 Fourteen: Our Christmas Angel
17 Fifteen: She Was Significant
18 Sixteen: How Death Can Bring Life: A Caregiver's Perspective
19 Seventeen: Invincible No More: What My Daughter's Stillbirth Taught Me About Life
20 Eighteen: Reunion Group
21 Nineteen: Standing in the Shadow of Grief
22 Twenty: Grief and Creativity
23 Twenty-one: The Year of Angels
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The Way Forward25 Twenty-two: Honoring and Remembering
26 Twenty-three: Creative Expressions of Grief
27 Twenty-four: What We Know About Stillbirth
28 Twenty-five: Emerging Research
29 Twenty-six:Making a Difference: Resources
About the author
Sherokee Ilse has both personal and professional experience with loss. The parent of two babies who died in miscarriage and full term son, who was stillborn, she has been a pioneer and a leader in the baby loss movement. The author of 18 books on infant loss and bereavement, she wrote her first book, Empty Arms: Coping with Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Deaths as a self-help guide for newly bereaved parents. Sherokee is a consultant to medical and other support professionals. She also offers mentoring and direct support as a Baby Loss Family Advisor. Ilse is a parent advocate and an international trainer who is passionate about her mission of helping improve the care of the bereaved and their families, as well as inspire and support the caregivers.
