The Baby Loss Guide, Zoe ClarkCoates
The Baby Loss Guide, Zoe ClarkCoates
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The Baby Loss Guide
Practical and compassionate support with a day-by-day resource to navigate the path of grief

Author: Zoë Clark-Coates

Narrator: Elisabeth Hopper, Oliver J Hemborough, Zoë Clark-Coates

Unabridged: 8 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orion Spring

Published: 04/04/2019

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Written by one of the world's leading baby loss support experts, The Baby Loss Guide is designed to help you navigate this complex issue. Whether you have personally encountered loss, or are supporting people through this harrowing time, this book provides practical and compassionate advice.

Zoe and her husband Andy have personally faced the loss of five babies. Out of their experiences came the charity The Mariposa Trust (more often known by its primary division Saying Goodbye), offering support to thousands of grieving parents and relatives around the world each week. In her first bestselling book, Saying Goodbye, Zoe wrote a moving account of their experiences and how they found a way through loss.

In The Baby Loss Guide Zoe provides a supportive and practical guide to walk people through their darkest days of suffering and give them hope for the future. The first half of the book answers the many questions those who encounter loss ask themselves and others, which until now have resulted in people spending hours exploring the internet to gain answers and insight. It is interlaced with personal stories from both men and women who have been there, and tackles the many myths, taboos and assumptions around loss. It also provides clear guidance and advice on how to navigate life following your world imploding, such as: How do I return to work? How do I know if or when I should try again for more children? How do I communicate with my partner about loss?

The second half of the book offers 60-days of practical and compassionate support. Whether someone's loss is recent or historic, this support is a precious gift that will help an individual walk the scary path of grief. Zoe's friendly and down to earth approach means she removes the often over used medical terminology, and this makes The Baby Loss Guide readable, easy to absorb and a vital source of information and help.

About Zoë Clark-Coates

Following the devastating loss of five babies, Zoe decided to use her counselling qualifications and twenty years of experience in the business and charity sectors to improve support for anyone who suffers baby loss. She founded the Mariposa Trust with her husband, which in just five years has become one of the leading support charities in the UK, reaching over 50,000 people each week across the world. The Secretary State for Health appointed Zoe to co-chair a new national review of loss across the NHS and the UK. She conducts 3-5 TV and radio appearances each week and has become a regular guest and commentator on BBC Breakfast and ITV.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brittany on July 07, 2022

This book was given to me in the hospital. In the beginning of this book, there were some black and white views. She had said something to the effect of you are either going to be okay or absolutely devastated. Grief is not black and white. There are in-betweens. As the book went on, it seemed to be......more

Goodreads review by Michaela on September 30, 2021

While this book was helpful to an extent, it feels as though the author is assuming that a book can have all of the answers. I think it's difficult when the person writing the book hasn't experienced the same kind of loss as you and attempts to scoop everyone up. I feel that this book is most helpfu......more

Goodreads review by Rupreet on March 24, 2024

On a dark day where grief decides to hit months after the fact, I picked up this book and read it in one sitting. Multiple pages are marked to remind me of the process when it inevitably comes round again.......more

Goodreads review by Charlotte on January 30, 2021

It helped in some ways. However, having never experienced a stillbirth I feel the author cannot possibly know how I feel or how I should work through my feelings. Also she is very quick to suggest counselling at every turn, unfortunately that's not possible for everyone. This is probably a useful bo......more

Goodreads review by Mckall on January 19, 2022

I wish I’d discovered this book sooner, in my earliest stages of grief. I marked up many pages. I will be re reading it for times to come, and recommending it to all those who have dealt with baby loss/infertility.......more