Birth Trauma and Loss

  • Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation
    By: Pam England & Rob Horowitz
    (While this book does not focus on trauma and loss, it can be helpful overcoming fear).

  • Birth Shock: How to recover from birth trauma – why ‘at least you’ve got a healthy baby’ isn’t enough
    By: Mia Scotland

  • Companioning at a Time of Perinatal Loss: A Guide for Nurses, Physicians, Social Workers, Chaplains and Other Bedside Caregivers
    By: Jane Heustis RN, Marcia Meyer Jenkins RN

  • Ghostbelly
    By: Elizabeth Heineman

  • Heal Your Birth Story: ...releasing the unexpected
    By: Maureen Campion

  • How to Heal a Bad Birth: Making sense, making peace and moving on
    By: Melissa J Bruijn & Debby A Gould

  • Survivor Moms: Women's Stories of Birthing, Mothering and Healing after Sexual Abuse
    By: Mickey Sperlich MA CPM

  • The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications
    By: Emily Oster, and Nathan Fox, MD

  • When Hello Means Goodbye
    By: Paul Kirk & Pat Schwiebert

  • Survive-Revive-Thrive: When Pregnancy and Birth Don't Go to Plan: Inspiring Real-Life Stories of Coping with Miscarriage, Infant Loss, Premature and Sick Newborns
    By: Jo Spicer

  • When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women
    By: Penny Simkin & Phyllis Klaus

  • Why Birth Trauma Matters
    By: Emma Svanberg