“In many ways, pregnancy
after loss can be a very lonely journey, even if you’re surrounded by family
members who are desperately trying to offer their love and support and
healthcare providers who are doing their best to ease your anxiety this time
around. Sometimes the only thing that can make you feel less alone is to connect
with other parents who have made this journey—parents who understand the mix of
joy and worry that accompany you during this unique pregnancy experience.
Journeys: Stories of Pregnancy After Loss will become a treasured pregnancy
companion to parents who are embarking on—or even contemplating—pregnancy after
loss: a friend who has been there and who understands how why one positive
pregnancy test result the next time around is never enough, how sonographs can
sometimes feel like “the enemy,” and how the experience of loss changes the
landscape of pregnancy and parenthood forever.”
- Ann Douglas, co-author, Trying
Again: A Guide to Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss
and author of The Mother of All Pregnancy Books
"Our
stories of loss define each of us -- yet when left untold, can be the source of
additional grief and pain. In sharing our stories with others, we not only
progress on our own journey of healing, but also help others to do the same.
Amy Abbey's book is about hope: the loss and subsequent pregnancy stories of
those who have 'been there' not only affirm we are not alone -- they also can
help us build the courage to dream again."
- Michael Nettleton, Administrator,
SPALS.com -- an online
community providing Subsequent Pregnancy After a Loss Support
“In the book, Journeys: Stories of Pregnancy After Loss, Amy Abbey and
other authors lovingly share in a brutally honest manner, their journey from
planning for babies, to experiencing the death of their children and finally
birthing a living child. The journal style writing conveys the anguish and
heartache mothers feel in their sometimes difficult quest for motherhood.
Sadness and joy and everything in between can be found between the covers of
this magnificent book.”
-
Sherokee Ilse, author Empty Arms and
other books on infant loss, is also the mother of two living sons and three
children waiting for her in heaven.
