At meetings there will be a number of books and information available.
At present the books and information are our personal copies but we are willing to lend them out.
The information given is from the back cover from some of the books we own.

These books (and many more on the subject) can also be purchased from Amazon.co.uk
(Any books purchased from following this link will earn the support group book vouchers.)

Every miscarriage is unique. Understanding what happened and working out what you feel are part of the process of moving on.

Approximately one in four pregnancies ends in a miscarriage yet for each woman it is a deeply personal experience. This sympathetic and supportive book explores the many different ways in which women physically experience miscarriage and emotionally react to it. Drawing on the accounts by over 350 women of how it was for them, it will help every woman who has miscarried make some sense of her own loss and find her own way of coping with the confusion that frequently follows.

Every aspect of miscarriage is covered here including difficult issues that are avoided such as:
The nature of loss:tissue, embryo, foetus or baby?
Guilt about an earlier abortion
Explaining miscarriage to other children
The effect of miscarriage on a relationship
Returning to work after miscarraige
Coping with repaeted miscarriages.

It's estimated that one in five pregnancies ends in a miscarriage. Each statistic represents a personal tragedy and a hurt that other people often find it easier to ignore. There's little definate information about why it happens, and to a doctor a miscarriage can seem a routine medical matter.

Many people feel under a lot of pressure to put on a brave face, but this conspiracy of silence means they dont get support from the many others who have been through it too. TALKING ABOUT MISCARRIAGE aims to help the thousands of people every year who suffer a miscarriage to undersatnd what has happened, and to begin to come to terms with thier loss.

Miscarriage still tends to be an unsopken subject, but the wish to protect expectant mothers from anxiety leaves those who do miscarry unprotected and unprepared. It's important to break down the taboo, so you know you're not alone.

Lysanne Sizoo is a young mother living in Sweden. In Small Sparks she describes her journey from marriage to motherhood; a roller coaster ride between deep despair and great joy.
Two miscarriages found Lysanne caught in a no-womans land where she felt neither the career woman, nor the mother-to-be. At first she was determined to solve her own problems untill finally she found and accepted help from a local miscarriage support group. There was joy in meeting other women who were experiecing the same feelings of loss, failure and even hate, and in discovering that her feelings were a normal part of the grieving process. With the realisation that she was not alone came acceptance marking the start of a healing process.

No two women experience miscarriage in the same way, but Small Sparks faces the problem in a stmpathetic way, not without humility and humour. It will help others to find the courage to face their sadness, and to go on and try again, to reach the climatic joy of birth which Lysanne Sizoo so beautifully desribes..