Unexpecting: Real Talk on Pregnancy Loss

By Rachel Lewis and Rachel Lewis

Book Overview

Walking you through the unique grief of baby loss

When your baby dies, you find yourself in a life you never expected. And even though pregnancy and infant loss are common, they're not common to you. Instead, you feel like a stranger in your own body, surrounded by well-meaning people who often don't know how to support you.

What you need during this time is not a book offering easy answers. You need a safe place to help you navigate what comes next, such as:

● coping with a postpartum body without a baby in your arms
● facing social isolation and grief invalidation
● wrestling with faith when you feel let down by God
● dealing with the overwhelming process of making everyday decisions
● learning to move forward after loss
● creating a legacy for your child

In Unexpecting, bereaved mom Rachel Lewis is the friend you never knew you'd need, walking you through the unique grief of baby loss. When nothing about life after loss makes sense . . . this book will.

"The guide that all parents experiencing pregnancy loss need when leaving the hospital grief-stricken, without a baby in their arms."--LINDSEY M. HENKE, founder of Pregnancy After Loss Support

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764237713
• ISBN13: 9780764237713
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Best Book on Pregnancy and Infant Loss

This is the best book I’ve ever read on pregnancy and infant loss. The author offers comfort and hope while also being honest and realistic about grief and realities of pregnancy and infant loss. She offers suggestions on how to cope, honor your baby, and even how to support someone else walking through loss. It’s a wonderful resource, and I now include it in the care packages provided through the nonprofit I founded.

An important book!

This is such an important book. I lost my baby 8 years ago. At the time, I felt lonely about it and it seemed as though so many people around me didn’t know what to say or how to act. It was a topic of secrecy..which was only more isolating. I remember feeling frustrated that family members wanted me to just move on as if nothing had happened. I wish I’d had this book then. Even all of these years later, this book still helped me. Our pain lives inside us long after the traumatic time has passed. Processing it is healing, whether it happened 2 months ago or many years. Processing also doesn’t mean forgetting. This book creates space for remembering and honoring your baby and yourself. I love that Rachel included information about what our bodies go through after baby loss. I appreciated the perspective of male partners offered in the book. Unexpected is affirming of our real and valid pain.