Grief & Loss Library

Teddy Love Club has an extensive list of grief, loss and bereavement books specific to pregnancy and infant loss. The books are able to be borrowed for a 4-6 week period. They are also available at the regular parent support meetings held in Kilburn South Australia. 

Please email library@teddyloveclub.org.aui if you would like to arrange to borrow any of the books.

Please note these books are also able to be sent throughout Australia with a return time of 4 weeks.

We gratefully accept books to add to the TLC library. Please contact us if you would like to donate a book to share with other families. 

Grief Coping Books

• Coping with grief X2
• Good Mourning - Help & understanding in time of pregnancy loss - journal writing guide - Donated by Diane Kilpatrick in meory of ~Emily~
• Grief what it is and what we can do about it
• Healing a parents grieving heart - 100 practical ideas after your child dies
• Mothercare - Physical care and beyond after a baby dies
• Now that the funeral is over - Understanding the effects of grief

• All seasons pass - Grieving a miscarriage
• Coming to term - Uncovering the truth about Miscarriage
• Miscarriage - Your questions answered
• Miscarriage - A book for parents
• Miscarriage - A shattered dream
• Miscarriage - Why it happens - a doctors guide to the facts
• Miscarriage (allen & marks) - Women sharing from the heart
• Our stories of miscarriage - Healing with words - Contributions of 50 people including men

Stillbirth & Neo Natal Death

• A kiss from an Angel - An inspirational journey through grief and the loss of a child. Donated by Stacey
• A piece of my heart - Living through the grief of miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death
• Always a part of me - Surviving childbearing loss. Australian stories
• Empty arms - Coping with miscarriage stillbirth & neo natal death
• Empty cradle broken heart x2 - produced by SANDS. Surviving the death of your baby
• Grieving the child I never knew - A devotional companion for comfort in the loss of your unborn or newly born baby
• Losing Layla - Layla's Story is a true story of sex, love, relationships and loss. Donated by Melissa in meory of ~Mitchell~
• The child within - Surviving the shattered dreams of mother hood
• This little while - For parents experiencing the death of a very small infant
• Three Seasons x2- Donated by Jane Hansen When a meeting is also a farewell - Coping with a stillbirth or neo natal death
• When a baby dies x2 - The experience of late miscarriage, stillbirth & neo natal death.
• Complications In Pregnancy & Genetic Inducement

Complications In Pregnancy & Genetic Inducement

• Diagnosis of abnormality in an unborn baby - The impact, options & afterwards. Produced by SAFDA
• Unspeakable losses - Understanding the experience of pregnancy loss
• Unsupported losses - Covers ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, blighted ovum
• When your unborn baby has a problem - How to manage the weeks ahead. Produced by SAFDA

Memories/Keepsakes/Poems

• Sweet memories - For children and adults to create healing & loving memories
• Yesterday I dreamed of dreams - Poems, letters & memorials written by parents for babies they loved

Multiple Birth Loss

• Embracing Laura -Grief & healing following the death of an infant twin. "The story about embracing our living son and our dying daughter"
• Multiple birth bereavement care for health care providers. Produced by OZMOST
• Multiple birth bereavement care for parents. Produced by OZMOST
• The Diary - A parents story on the loss of one twin

For Children

• Always and Forever - Children's book about death
• Am I still a sister
• Memories live forever - For children to create lasting memories
• A bunch of balloons - To help grieving children acknowledge what they have lost & what they still have when someone they love has died
• Beginnings & endings with lifetimes in between. - A book about life and death explained for children
• I wish I could hold your hand - A child's guide to grief & loss
• No New Baby - For siblings who have a brother or sister die before birth
• Not just a fish - Children's book about loss
• Our Baby Died - Personal experience of authors children, it captures their thoughts & feelings
• Remembering and going on - Helping children cope with death - Donated by Kelly & John Daunt in memory of ~Ava~
• Remembering book 1 - childrens contributions. Produced by Anglicare
• Remembering book 2 - childrens contributions. Produced by Anglicare
• Remembering book 3 - childrens contributions. Produced by Anglicare
• We had an angel instead - A book about the loss of a baby brother or sister

For Fathers

• Healing a fathers grief
• Miscarriage - A mans book
• Strong and Tender - A guide for the father whose baby has died

For Grandparents

• For the bereaved grandparents
• A grandparents sorrow - A guide to help you help your child through this difficult time

For family & Friends

• Healing a friends grieving heart -100 practical ideas for helping someone you love through loss

Pregnancy After A Loss

• Miscarriage & the successful pregnancy - An authorative guide to miscarriage treatment and success of your next pregnancy
• Pregnancy after loss Jane Warland Australian book
• Trying again. a guide to pregnancy after miscarriage or still birth

Infertility

• Crossing the moon - A journey through infertility
• The infertility handbook - A guide to making babies

Depression

• Post partum depression & anxiety A self help guide for mothers

Infant Death

• Children die too - For parents who have experienced the death of a child

DVD

• Losing Layla - A powerful & moving video diary. Donated by Melissa in memory of ~Mitchell~

• Loved For A Lifetime - The loss of one twin - Donated by Sally Cocks 

Sids & Kids Support Publications

• For SIDS Families: Some Answers to your Questions
• Grandparent to Grandparent
• Another Baby? The Decision is Yours
• Family and Friends - You Can Make a Difference
• Choices in Arranging a Child's Funeral
• Treasured Babies
• Always Your Child
• That Twinkling Star is My Brother
• Henry - A Mother's Story

Bonnie Babes Support Publications and new book "Small Miracles"

   

• 'Small Miracles' lists TLC as a support service in their book. Small Miracles is a landmark Australian self-help book offering practical counselling and inspiring stories for anyone coping with the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or prematurity and related issues such as infertility. The book is written by Australia Day Ambassador and award winning Founder of the Bonnie Babes Foundation, Rachel Stanfield-Porter who lost her own two babies and now has two healthy sons. The book is a compilation of inspiring Australian stories of hope, survival and coping after the loss of a baby from miscarriage, stillbirth and prematurity. It is a book where celebrities, high profile personalities, well known sportspeople and every day mums and dads have all shared their stories of their struggles, tears and triumphs in their hopes to have a family. The book is available from the Bonnie Babes Foundation website www.bbf.org.au or from department stores and bookstores across Australia. All proceeds from sales go to the Bonnie Babes Foundation.
• 'A Dad's Story' - This book discusses a father's grief and is available by contacting the Foundation.
• 'Talking to children about Grief and Loss' - This book discusses ways to explain to your child grief and loss and is also available by contacting the Foundation.

Pregnancy Loss: Surviving Miscarriage and Stillbirth By Zoe Taylor

When a pregnancy fails, grieving parents often wonder why no one mentioned it could happen. Yet one in every four women will experience miscarriage or stillbirth. Mother of two and journalist Zoe Taylor has survived repeated pregnancy losses. In this book, she shines a light on every aspect of this topic: The experience of pregnancy loss and the desire for answers. What experts know about causes and risk factors, and new areas of research. Strategies for facing a world that poorly understands pregnancy loss. Trying again; pregnancy after a loss. Deciding to stop trying. Tips on how to support people going through pregnancy loss

Pregnancy Loss: Surviving Miscarriage and Stillbirth is a book of courage, hope and survival. It will help all people touched by loss, including parents, partners, friends, family, researchers, doctors and carers.

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