The Miscarriage Map: What To Expect When You Are No Longer Expecting

Can’t explain the comfort her words have given

After my first loss, I read this book late at night while curled up under a blanket on my couch and cried almost the whole time. It was not that this book made me feel sad, on the contrary, it made me feel relief. It made me feel like I wasn't alone. Finally, I was reading words from someone who was being brutally honest and was saying absolutely everything that I was feeling.Osborn is a psychologist, so her voice and her message are much appreciated and come out of the pages like a warm hug - seriously. I often felt like she was talking to me there on my couch, like she was holding my hand and giving me all the permissions I needed. I drank every word that I read and I remembered them when I had my second loss. You better believe that I practiced almost everything she had suggested. Her words were so powerful when I read them that they stayed with me throughout the second loss.Pregnancy does not equal baby. This has been one of the hardest lessons I've ever learned. We lose so much when we lose our babies. We lose so much when we go through this loss. This book, however, gave me back so much. It gave me back some power, some feeling of control, and some feeling of strength. I can't thank Dr. Osborn enough for this book.I hope you never need to read it.

Excellent book on miscarriage. Appreciated that it wasn't faith-based, and instead just real talk on everything to do with getting pregnant, miscarrying, and then everything that follows. The author did a great job of explaining miscarriage options, diving into D&C's, and covering all the feelings one has post-miscarriage (interacting with husband, friends, family, social events, etc).

This is a amazing help to me right now. She has worded things that I have been feeling and couldn't say. This now being my third loss, I wish I would of found this book sooner. Five stars isn't enough. And love that she swears and is just real and raw! No BS. Love love love this book. Read in two days

This book was really well written and super helpful during my difficult time. Baby dust to all of you ❤️