Janet Jaffe

This book aims to help would-be parents and their supporters better understand how pregnancy loss happens, why it is so uniquely traumatic, how experiences of grief and coping can vary, and how sufferers can move forward after these devastating events. Anyone who has faced the trauma of pregnancy loss—be it a miscarriage, stillbirth, or other experience of heartbreak—knows how lonely, frightening, and overwhelming it can be. These losses, although tragically common, are rarely spoken about, and can leave bereaved would-be parents feeling guilty, shunned, and full of shame. Their friends and family may also feel helpless and unsure of how to react. Based on personal and clinical experience and a deep understanding of the research on pregnancy loss, Dr. Jaffe offers a personable, supportive, and caring voice to serve as a companion in those long hours of grief. The book aims to help readers reflect on pregnancy loss and grief, and to find ways of coping and a path to healing and change. Dr. Jaffe focuses on the concept of the reproductive story: the sometimes conscious, but often unconscious hopes and dreams people internalize about becoming a parent. She shows readers how to uncover and recognize their story—as well as their power to edit that story, write new endings, and continue their journey.

A safe space to process and heal from your loss. If you've experienced pregnancy loss due to miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, or other causes-or have lost a baby due to stillbirth-you are not alone. It's important for you to make space for your grief and loss. And although nothing can ever quite heal the pain of losing a child, there are steps you can take to work through feelings of despair and look to the future with renewed hope. This compassionate journal will help guide you. Full of invitations to reflect, writing and meditative practices, and gentle affirmations, The Pregnancy and Baby Loss Guided Journal offers a safe space to honor your child; process difficult thoughts and feelings; and heal from miscarriage, stillbirth, or other reproductive loss. You'll find powerful activities and prompts to help you develop self-compassion, manage intense emotions in healthy ways, and rediscover hope as you move forward in your life. Regardless of the amount of time you carried your baby, this journal is for you. Written by renowned mental health and wellness experts, New Harbinger's Journals for Change combine evidence-based psychology with proven-effective guided journaling techniques to help you make lasting personal change-one page at a time.

This second edition gives mental health professionals the tools they need to treat patients who suffer from infertility or pregnancy loss, as well as new guidance for processing their own reproductive traumas. Prospective parents who experience infertility or pregnancy loss deal with a host of physical and psychological consequences. For many individuals and couples experiencing reproductive trauma, their ideal future has fallen apart, leaving them bereft and hopeless. Author Janet Jaffe demonstrates how helping professionals can work with patients amp rsquo reproductive stories to help them grieve, cope, and heal while underscoring how clinicians amp rsquo own reproductive stories impact their lives and their therapeutic work. With updates in research and new, more diverse case examples, this edition has been expanded to offer a more holistic understanding of reproductive trauma, including coverage of LGBTQ parents and their unique needs and experiences. It also reviews advances in reproductive technology and their ethical implications-including cryopreservation, third-party reproduction, and genetic testing-as well as how social and cultural factors influence parents amp rsquo reproductive stories.

For people experiencing infertility, wanting a baby is a craving unlike any other. The intensity of their longing is matched only by the complexity of the emotional maze they must navigate. With insight and compassion, Drs. Janet Jaffe, Martha Diamond, and David Diamond-specialists in the field of Reproductive Psychology who have each experienced their own struggle with infertility-give couples the tools to: *Reduce their sense of helplessness and isolation*Identify their mates' coping styles to erase unfair expectations*Listen to their "unsung lullabies"--their conscious and unconscious dreams about having a family--to mourn the losses of infertility and move on. Ground-breaking, wise, and compassionate, Unsung Lullabies is a necessary companion for anyone coping with infertility.