Loss-Related Books

The following books can be helpful to those who are grieving the loss of a baby:



"Our Heartbreaking Choices: Forty-Six Women Share Their Stories of Interrupting a Much-Wanted Pregnancy" by Christie Brooks

"When Pregnancy Fails" by Susan Borg

“Empty Cradle, Broken Heart; Surviving the Death of Your Baby” by Deborah L. Davis

"Loving and Letting Go: For Parents who Decide to Turn Away from Aggressive Medical Intervention for Their Critcally Ill Newborns" by Deborah L. Davis

"Mommy, Please Don't Cry" by Linda Deymaz

"When God Doesn't Make Sense" by Dr. James Dobson

“Trying Again, a Guide to Pregnancy after Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Infant Loss” by Ann Douglas

"Surviving Pregnancy Loss: A Complete Sourcebook for Women and Their Families" by Rochelle Friedman

“Living When a Loved One Has Died” by Earl A. Grollman

“I’ll Hold You in Heaven” by Jack Hayford

"Miscarriage: a Shattered Dream" by Sherokee Ilse

“Precious Lives, Painful Choices: A Prenatal Decision Making Guide” by Sherokee Ilse

“Unspeakable Losses, Healing from Miscarriage, Abortion, and other Pregnancy Loss” by Kim Kluger-Bell

“A Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss – Guidance and Support for You and Your Family” by Ingrid Kohn, Perry-Lynn Moffitt, and Isabelle A. Wilkins

"Grieving Mindfully: A Compassionate and Spiritual Guide to Coping with Loss" by Sameet Kumar

“Pregnancy After a Loss, A Guide to Pregnancy After a Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Infant Death” by Carol Cirulli Lanham

“A Mother’s Dilemma” by Wendy L. Lyon

"An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination" by Elizabeth McCracken

"Angel Babies: Messages by Miscarried and other Lost Babies" by Patricia Seaver McGivern

“A Time to Decide, A Time to Heal” by Molly A. Minnick, Kathleen Delp, and Mary Ciotti

"More than Surviving, Caring for Yourself While you Grieve" by Kelly Osmont

"How to Go On Living After the Death of a Baby" by Larry Peppers and Ronald Knapp

"Carrier: Untangling the Danger in My DNA" by Bonnie Rough

"How to Survive the Loss of a Child: Filling the Emptiness and Rebuilding your Life" by Catherine Sanders

“We Were Gonna Have a Baby But We Had an Angel Instead” by Pat Schweibert (a book for surviving siblings)

"Forever our Angels" by Hannah Stone

"A New Earth: Awakening Your Life's Purpose" by Eckhart Tolle

“Empty Arms: Hope and Support for Those Who Have Suffered a Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Tubal Pregnancy” by Pam Vredevelt

"Grieving the Child I Never Knew" by Kathe Wunnenburg