Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby

Well written book discussing emotions and bereavement. Empathatic and supportive. Good investment helping me to deal with the loss of my boy and makes me realise i'm not going mad!!

This book is American and written in a very American way with pointers at the end of each chapter. It was all a bit patronizing for me.

I was recommended to purchase this book by a friend and I am so grateful for the recommendation. It is worth every penny. This book has helped me immensely through what has been the worst time in my life and my husband's life. I was 22 weeks when we lost our baby son James and also suffered a miscarriage at 15 weeks exactly a year ago to the day when we lost James. It has even helped my husband as it has a section for fathers. It covers absolutely everything you need to know and answered a lot of questions I had in my head and put me at ease on a lot things. I have experienced a lot of dark days and I still am experiencing them 6 weeks on but by reading the relevant sections in the book, it confirms that everything I am feeling and thinking is normal and to not beat myself up about it. I know that I will refer back to the book many times over the coming weeks, months and in fact years. Would highly recommend to anyone who has sadly lost their baby.

My title pretty well says it all, and what I particularly liked about this book is that it's not just the mother's feelings which are addressed, but also the husband's, grandparents, and friends. I would recommend this book to everyone

I bought lots of books when my baby was stillborn at 38wks. I was looking for answers to impossible questions, which of course I didn't find. What I did find was comfort and reassurance that what I was feeling was normal and that I wasn't going mad. I can recommend this book enough.

This book was recommended to me by a friend on SANDS and I was very greatful for it. My son was born asleep at term as well and this book was excellent to read when I was really struggling. It was also useful to understand how my husband and others around me were dealing with things differently to me and how grief affects you. It was useful when we considered trying again for another baby and throughout the next pregnancy. I couldn't recommend it highly enough. I'm just sorry anyone else has to go through this

I bought this book after our fourth child lived only for eleven hours after birth at term three months ago. I found it helpful to know that people do grieve in roughly the same way and that my responses were normal. Also, that the unhelpful way in which other people sometimes respond to me is also common. The book is well laid out and there is not too much emphasis on the formalities which have to take place after a baby dies. This is good because, by the time you get to this book, you are likely to have done all of those. I'm glad I wasn't put off by the rather crass title. Don't read it all at once if you are in this situation, small chunks at a time are best.

I got this book when my daughter was stillborn at 37 weeks. This book helped me make sense of the many emotions I went through. I found the quotes from bereaved parents very moving and they often brought out my tears and in that way helping me to get over the numbness I felt and start grieving. This book doesn't draw from religion which I also found helpful as I am not religious and even less so after my daughter's death.

This book was a great comfort to me when my son was born (stillborn). At the start I read it cover to cover devouring every word written and 6 months on I still read sections of it when I need to. It is very well written covering a large range of grieving emotions that you need to go through to be able to begin to cope with this tragedy.

Our daughter Emily Rose was born sleeping (stillborn) 3rd October 2004 and I have read quite a few books in the last few weeks and have found this to be one of the best. You don't need to read in all in one go or in the chapter order but can flick through and pick out the revelant pieces to your stage of grieving.I found this book very helpful and full of quotes from people who have experienced the loss of their babies.On page 64 there is a lady who talks about her daughter Emily Rose the same as us and I think that I was somehow 'guided' to buy this book.I would definately recommend it to anyone suffering any type of baby loss.