Trying Again: A Guide to Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss [Paperback]

Featured in The Dallas Morning News.

The authors cover every topic (from how to cope when there's no known medical reason for a baby's death and how to prepare physically and emotionally for a complicated pregnancy) with expertise, candor and compassion. (Publishers Weekly )

Trying Again extends a helping hand to couples coping with their loss and at the same time contemplating future pregnancies. (Genese Valley Parent )

Trying Again lessens the uncertainties about pregnancy after miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss by providing the facts to help you determine if you and your partner are emotionally ready for another pregnancy. It also imparts essential advice about preparing and planning for another baby when you decide the time is right.

Written especially for parents who have lost a child, Trying Again lessens the uncertainties about pregnancy after miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss by providing the facts to help you determine if you and your partner are emotionally ready for another pregnancy. It also imparts essential advice about preparing and planning for another baby when you decide the time is right.

Accompanied by ob-gyn authority Dr. John R. Sussman, Ann Douglas draws from her own trial of losing a child to share firsthand details about the physical and emotional challenges of a subsequent pregnancy. She also includes the emotional stories of other women's ordeals with pregnancy or child loss, imparting their advice and letting you know you're not alone. By countering common fertility myths and teaching the facts about prenatal testing, Trying Again explores in detail all the pertinent procedures and measures to create the best possible conditions for a healthy baby.

Ann Douglas is the author of several childcare and parenting books, including The Unofficial Guide to Having a Baby and The Mother of All Pregnancy Books. She founded the Pregnancy Loss Support Network in Petersborough, Ontario, and works as a volunteer with Perinatal Bereavement Services Ontario.

John R. Sussman, M.D., serves as the Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at New Milford Hospital in Connecticut and as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology at the University of Connecticut Health Center. He is the coauthor of Before You Conceive.