Books
During the early stages of grief, your brain is under immense pressure to try and make sense of the circumstances you find yourself in. It is not unusual during this time to experience confusion, brain fog, fatigue, and the inability to concentrate. For this reason, you may find books are not a suitable resource for you just yet and that is OK.
When you are ready, you may find you can only cope with a few pages at a time, or conversely you may discover an insatiable need to devour it all in one setting. Many books are now available on platforms like Audible if listening is a less overwhelming practice at this time.
Audible
Pregnancy and Baby Loss
Bearing the Unbearable, Joanne Cacciatore
An Exact Replica of a Figment of my Imagination, Elizabeth McCracken
The Baby Loss Guide, Zoe Clark-Coates
The Worst Girl Gang Ever, Laura Buckingham & Bex Gunn
Still a Mum, Meagan Donaldson
Miles Apart, Annabel Bower
Still a Birth, Collette Butler
Ask Me His Name, Elle Wright
The Infertile Midwife, Sophie Martin
A Heart That Works, Rob Delaney
A Bump in the Road, Elle Wright
If Not For You, Georgina Lucas
Grieving the Child I Never Knew, Kathe Wunnenberg
No Matter How Small, Kristen & Patrick Riecke
Empty Arms, Pam Vredevelt
Bittersweet: How sorrow & longing make us whole, Susan Cain
Life After Baby Loss: A companion & guide for parents, Nicola Gaskin
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart, Deborah Davis
A Diary to My Babies, Carmen Grover
Collection of Grief Support Books
Grief, Trauma and Healing
Its Ok That You're Not Ok, Megan Devine
Any Ordinary Day, Leigh Sales
Option B, Sheryl Sandberg
Atlas of the Heart, Brené Brown
The Grieving Brain, Mary-Frances O’Connor
The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk
Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe, Laura Jackson
Holding on to Love After You've Lost a Baby: The 5 Love Languages for Grieving Parents, G Chapman & C McVicar
Poetry
Loving the Gone, Sara Rian
A Grief Observed, CS Lewis
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox & The Horse, Charlie Mackesy
Butterfly Kisses, Kate Buchanan