Joy at the End of the Rainbow: A Guide for Pregnancy After a Loss

by Amanda Ross-White, Lindsey Henke (Foreword)

You've got What to Expect When You're Expecting, but where do you go for a pregnancy guide when you've been pregnant before, and didn't get to come home with a baby? For the nearly 2.6 million women worldwide every year who lose a baby to miscarriage, stillbirth and early neonatal loss, this is the pregnancy guide for you. Joy at the End of the A Guide to Pregnancy After a Loss gives you a month-by-month survival guide to a pregnancy that is different from the others. If you're worried and concerned about losing another baby, but also joyful and cautiously excited about what is to come, this book will give you solid medical information tailored to your very real concerns! Written by a mother who has had both stillborn twins and two successful rainbow pregnancies, with guidance from the latest research on pregnancy after a loss, this guide will help you manage your anxiety as you anticipate the arrival of your rainbow child.

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction

146 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 15, 2017

Reviews

[Rhiannon · Rating 2 out of 5]

As a social worker about to host a perinatal loss support group I found this book informative on various pieces related to what an individual's body experiences through any pregnancy or pregnancy loss. I thought as a whole it was educational and sympathetic, however I had to remind myself this was one woman's experience. The Language utilized appeared to intend to 'generalize' to all women, however, I found it was not culturally sensitive and did not take into account the systemic factors that go into a pregnancy. I wish there was a little more of a conversation surrounding these important pieces.

[Desiree · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful book. The author is empathic and uses a flexible, tolerant and deeply understanding tone when approaching every concern that may come up for TTC or expecting after a loss. She is never condescending, biased or pushy to certain choices (birthplace, health provider, medications, vaginal or cesarean births...). I found it a breath of fresh air after reading so many biased books that only invite guilt if the reader has different opinions or made different choices. The tips, techniques and advice are something I could never have come up with on my own, really useful.
As a nutritionist though, I think that some of the advice regarding supplementation is already out of date or incomplete, but I hope people on TTC journeys talk to a professional about their own personal needs, rather than getting their recommendations from this book. Nevertheless, I understand her desire to present certain information to people trying to get their bodies to a healthy place for future pregnancies, specially since they could potentially go out and buy any random supplement that is mentioned on people's blogs without a second thought when frustration or desperation strikes.
Overall, I highly recommend it!

[Laine · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some good information and nice to have a different perspective on pregnancy and normalize anxieties. More catered to those who have experienced still born or late term losses than miscarriage earlier in pregnancy. Could be triggering to many readers so approach with caution

[Amanda Harman · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I despise the term "rainbow baby", I do think that it is very important and very helpful that a book like this exists.