21 Best Books On Miscarriage And Pregnancy Loss

This book by Regan Parker is one of the most recommended by the American pregnancy society.

Through her grief, Parker looks at all the questions she has: Why did she lose her baby?

Why was her miscarriage largely disregarded by the medical community and our society? And why is no one talking about this?

 Psychologist Dr. Sunita Osborn addresses common issues following a miscarriage including your relationship, hating pregnant people and all things baby after miscarriage and how to move forward.

At a Loss offers thirty essays on the thoughts, feelings, and struggles that come along with losing a pregnancy or baby. 

After a miscarriage at 16 weeks, Jessica Zucker, a psychologist specializing in reproductive and maternal mental health, launched the #IHadaMiscarriage movement to remove the silence and stigma that comes after pregnancy loss.

This book recounts the trauma of facing 3 consecutive miscarriages and how the author found hope in the midst of heartache.

Any woman who has ever faced pregnancy loss will find comfort and companionship in this book and many women have said it feels like their own feelings are being written by someone else.  

For anyone going through loss, this book will be a warm embrace, and for someone who wonders what a woman going through loss feels like, this book will be a beautiful guide to lead to understanding.

It is one of the most best books on miscarriage for women who don’t know where to turn and need someone who “gets it”

Having experienced six miscarriages, author Kristy Parisi understands the pain and grief of losing an unborn child. This book is filled with comforting stories and actionable advice.

The couple who wrote this book together are in a unique position to comfort and share their story. After struggling with infertility, they miscarried their third child in the first trimester.

They then went on to have their twin daughters that were born prematurely and lived only a few days.

This novel has five interwoven stories of miscarriage as experienced by five different women. It gets great reviews from women who feel that it really expresses the feelings and sense of loss that women experience after miscarriage.

This beautiful novel is a heartbreaking and accurate depiction of what happens to a family after pregnancy loss.

It is a very intimate and raw novel that deals with the “taboo” subject of miscarriage in an honest way

This account of life in Afghanistan is one of the best books I have ever read, both heartbreaking and eye-opening. Along with miscarriage, this book highlights the loves and losses of women living in a world that is hard for us to imagine.

In The Intangible, Amanda Jackson has suffered a miscarriage, but her body pretends otherwise, leading doctors to diagnose her with phantom pregnancy.

This novel is set in Virginia during two time periods: the early 1940’s, and the summer of 2020. In present day, Libby is dealing with the loss of her father, her divorce and multiple miscarriages as she starts a new life as a wedding photographer.

This book gets amazing reviews on Amazon.

This religious book about miscarriage tells the story of Tom and Jenny Callahan who, after 3 miscarriages, are happily anticipating the birth of their sixth child. Their neighbor, however, is secretly hatching a sinister plot which will find Jenny and her unborn baby fighting for their lives

If you are familiar with the 5 love languages, then you will have some idea for what this book is about.

It gets really good reviews on Amazon especially for the chapter on how men vs women handle loss was very helpful as well as the chapters on friendships and family during a loss.

This book is a collection of letters from moms who have already experience what you are going through.

These letters promise hope. Hope that one day life may not seem so hard. It will NEVER be normal again or hurt any less but you learn to live, laugh and love for the child you’re missing

After 34 weeks of an uneventful pregnancy, Brooke and her husband David were shocked when she went into labor weeks before her due date—and then absolutely blindsided when they arrived at the hospital only to be told that their baby no longer had a heartbeat. This book tells the story of what came next.

This helpful book for late term pregnancy loss goes into depth on the science of how our brains process such a devastating loss.

It has many tips on how to cope and heal and how to actively mourn your baby as you move forward.

This is a wonderful book for explaining to younger siblings why their baby sister or brother are not there.

This is the true story about a family who have experienced the tragic and heart-breaking loss of their baby, Cadain during pregnancy, told from the perspective of a sibling.

This picture book is beautifully illustrated, carefully and lovingly written and perfect for reading with little children.