A moment of silence -- Introduction your loss is our loss -- Terminology a softer shared language -- Part 1: our loss -- Learning about your loss -- Birthing your loss -- Enduring your loss -- Part 2: our grief -- Grief in the postpartum time -- When grief and trauma intersect -- Our loved ones and their grief -- Mourning rituals -- Part 3: our healing -- Postpartum care after womb loss -- How to support survivors -- Returning and becoming -- Closing letter being gentle with yourself -- A closing blessing-- Letter from the artist -- Meaningful dates.
Summary:
"To Tend and to Hold is a gentle companion for women who are enduring, grieving, and healing from pregnancy and infant loss. Authored by a marriage and family counselor who has suffered from pregnancy loss, this book provides care to those who have also endured these heartbreaking experiences, which are as valid as any other death or loss. Within these carefully crafted pages, Rosete emerges as a warm confidante - helping readers articulate their experiences, understand their options, and tend to their unique needs as both postpartum and bereaved"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.