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by Deborah L. Davis Ph. D. (Author)
Grieving the death of a baby is a heart-wrenching journey. Whether your baby died during pregnancy, around birth, or in infancy, Empty Cradle, Broken Heart is a gentle guide that will accompany you. Full of information and practical suggestions, this book can help you
- accept the variety and depth of your emotions;
- find answers to questions such as "What's normal?" and "Why me?";
- make sense of your grief and mourning;
- cultivate mutual understanding with your partner;
- tap into sources of support; and
- adopt mindfulness-based coping strategies that can help you heal your heart.
- how your brain encodes your bond with your baby as everlasting;
- grieving explained in terms of your brain redrawing its neural map;
- how your brain tries to settle the dispute between your baby being gone, but also everlasting;
- the various experiences of being in survival mode and thriving mode around your baby's life and death;
- how your brain processes and heals from traumatic bereavement;
- the pitfalls and benefits of rumination;
- the relationship skill of repair; and
- reducing your distress with mindfulness practices and informal rituals.
Author Biography
Deborah L. Davis, PhD, is a developmental psychologist who has been researching and writing about perinatal crisis and bereavement since 1984. She has written seven books for parents experiencing crisis during pregnancy, birth, and beyond, including premature birth, parenting a baby in the NICU, making life-and-death medical decisions for babies and children, perinatal hospice and palliative care, and mourning the death of a baby at any time during pregnancy or infancy. She has also contributed to a number of other books for parents, plus book chapters, position statements, practice guidelines, and workshops for professionals. Her blog, Laugh, Cry, Live, explores a wide range of topics at PsychologyToday.com.
