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List of contents
1. Welcome
2. Facts, figures, and symptoms of pregnancy loss
3. How to manage your loss
4. What to expect from healthcare
5. Your emotions during and after pregnancy loss
6. Making sense of what has happened
7. The needs and feelings of partners
8. Taking care of you
9. Looking out for your relationship
10. Moving forward
11. Deciding to try again (or not)
12. Pregnant after loss
13. Remembering
Sources of Support
About the author
Petra Boynton has a PhD in Applied Human Psychology. Her research specialism is sex and relationships and she has taught at several UK universities, most recently at UCL from 2002-2014. In 2014 Petra ran a public awareness project with the Miscarriage Association identifying the needs of partners affected by miscarriage and resulting in a multimedia project (film, cartoon and an information booklet) that led to international press coverage (http: //theresearchcompanion.com/partners-too-how-to-make-a-public-awareness-campaign) Petra is also an Agony Aunt/Advice Columnist and has worked for the past 13 years providing information on health and relationships to the public via the media (print, online and broadcast media including
Grazia,
Men's Health, and since 2012 at the
Telegraph). She has used this experience to advise governments and global healthcare agencies and is experienced in discussing complex and emotional topics in sensitive and accessible ways.
Summary
This book explains what pregnancy loss involves with an emphasis on the emotional impact miscarriage can have.This is an invaluable resource for anyone who has experienced a miscarriage, as well as healthcare staff that offer miscarriage care.
