Miscarriage: What every Woman needs to know Paperback – 1 Mar. 2001

Oh what a relief to find this book after years of pain—brought on by the physical and mental devastation of multiple miscarriages AND from the disorientation and frustration of finding only the most tediously hope and “don’t stress” and “eat these foods” and “do these things” and “feel fertile?!” nonsense-filled books.By contrast, this book has helped to make the process of loss and possibility more bearable. Prof Lesley Regan writes with the clarity earned from years of scientifically studying miscarriage—no fluff, just clear and compassionate information. I could not recommend it more. Quite literally, i recommend it to ANY friend/acquaintance dealing w miscarriage—I literally send a copy to friends navigating the bewilderment and bereavement of it all. I even mention it to pregnant friends, as I wish I’d read this BEFORE my first miscarriage! Truly, i find Prof Reagan’s writing on the caution re:all manner of unverified/unhelpful tests and the body’s worrisome signs that can put a woman’s mind into a dizzying spiral, but may in fact be part of a healthy pregnancy, very reassuring as someone looking ahead to the future path of pregnancy.As a quarter of all women who become pregnant will experience miscarriage at some point... i think this book should be recommended reading for all—men and women alike. There’s too much quiet and misconception-spreading that happens in the place of true, scientific knowledge exchange and the compassion that accompanies it. This book goes a long way to dispelling all manner of half-truths propagated by the hope-club.

This book is so easy to read and gives you answers to all your questions! In fact, after reading it I felt so much more comfortable talking to my OB and even questioning him because of the vast information I had from the book. I recommend it 100%!

O carte structurata bine, autoarea adresandu-se pacientelor pe un ton bland si cu intelegere pentru pierderea sarcinilor. Ajuta mai ales psihic, pentru a scapa de sentimentul de vinovatie pe care orice femeie il traieste odata cu pierderea unei sarcini.

Great, detailed book. It helped me with understanding all the aspects and prepared me to ask the right questions when talking to professionals. A must have.

This book is very well explained...it goes in details and can be useful for people who wants to understand in deep and find reliable information.It gives you a lot of answers to questions you might forgot to ask at the Time unfortunately you experienced a miscarriage. Maybe some parts can be slightly difficult to understand if no medical background. In my opinion as a healthcare professional I found it clear and easier.

After having a miscarriage a few months ago, this book supported me in finally realising that I wasn't at all fault. It had helped me process my thoughts and feeling clearly.I found the book had a lots of medical jargon which at times I struggled to keep focussed on but it was overall a great read to help me understand more about the devastating loss my partner and i experienced

This is an excellent book. A must read for anyone who has gone through a miscarriage. It's so informative but at the same time the author is so empathic and human. Something I felt that doctors I've dealt with so far were lacking. I read the book while going through my third miscarriage. It was hard but I think it also somehow pulled me through. It gave me purpose and definitely made me feel more in control than miscarriage makes you feel.

I bought this book after I suffered my second miscarriage in three months. I wanted answers, not so much about why miscarriages happen but about what I should do next.While I'm not sure I know what I want to do next even after reading the book, I have had some questions answered. For example, using progesterone after conception would not have prevented the miscarriages and losing a baby after a fetal heartbeat is detected is most likely the result of a chromosomal abnormality.I would have liked to have had a checklist at the end of the book a 'Things to chat to your GP/EPU about before you try again or when you have conceived again' because not all of us can get to St Mary's miscarriage clinic.It is extremely detailed and in parts, pretty technical and I struggled with some of it even though I have a lot of experience of reading medical documents.Despite all of the information in this book, there was one overriding message: unless you have extensive tests done, you are unlikely to know the reason why you miscarried. It happens, it's horrible and there's usually not much anyone can do about it.

This book was packed full of useful information which was what i was looking for in that way, although i could never write a 5 star review on it. To read a book on miscarriages right after a miscarriage and have the author not only advocate abortion but push abortion in the first trimester was very alarming. Would not recommend for that reason.

I bought it for my friend; after reading it she confessed that it helped him a lot

I bought this book because of the extensive sections on recurrent miscarriage, but rather than providing possible solutions and treatments, it simply bombards you with possible causes and no solutions. Worse than that, it dismisses solutions that are not only prescribed by most books on the subject, but by most doctors as well (progesterone replacement, baby aspirin, vitex, etc). The most shocking thing I read in this book was the author's claim that progesterone deficiency wasn't a cause of recurrent miscarriage, but a symptom of a miscarriage that is impending. When other books on miscarriage as well as new research into "premenopause" and other hormonal imbalances have concluded just the opposite (miscarriage is a symptom of the hormonal imbalance).I'm so glad my copy of "Miscarriage, Medicine, and Miracles" arrived first, so I had already read that wonderfully informative and positive book as well as a great book on progesterone deficiency (What You're Doctor Won't Tell You About Premenopause) before I read this. If I had read this three days after my last miscarriage I can't imagine how much worse it would have made me feel.If you're looking for success stories, forget it. If you're looking for hopeful and helpful solutions, forget it. In short, this book blows.