Barnes & Noble Hope Beyond an Empty Cradle: The Journey Toward Healing After Stillbirth, Miscarriage, and Child Loss at Hamilton Place in Chattanooga, TN
About a million women and families in the United States lose a baby-to miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death every year. The statistics are sobering-between 10 and 25 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage, 1 percent end in stillbirth, and over 21,000 babies die annually before their first birthday. But statistics alone cannot capture the depth of the hurt. Each loss is personal and devastating. No woman is prepared to lose a baby, and caregivers are often unsure of how best to help. In Hope Beyond an Empty Cradle, therapist Hallie Scott shares the story of her own child, Abigail, who was stillborn. Drawing from her experience and what she has learned from walking with other families who have lost children, she takes readers through a healing process that makes space for heartbreak, despair, guilt, questions, and anger. Those seeking to care for these families, too, will find trustworthy advice for how best to help. Life is never the same in the wake of child loss, but a new normal is possible.
About a million women and families in the United States lose a baby-to miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death every year. The statistics are sobering-between 10 and 25 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage, 1 percent end in stillbirth, and over 21,000 babies die annually before their first birthday. But statistics alone cannot capture the depth of the hurt. Each loss is personal and devastating. No woman is prepared to lose a baby, and caregivers are often unsure of how best to help. In Hope Beyond an Empty Cradle, therapist Hallie Scott shares the story of her own child, Abigail, who was stillborn. Drawing from her experience and what she has learned from walking with other families who have lost children, she takes readers through a healing process that makes space for heartbreak, despair, guilt, questions, and anger. Those seeking to care for these families, too, will find trustworthy advice for how best to help. Life is never the same in the wake of child loss, but a new normal is possible.
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