Maternity Bereavement Books and Podcasts

Books and podcasts about pregnancy loss supporting bereaved families.

For bereaved parents

  • Ask me his name by Elle Wright
  • Beyond grief by Pippa Vosper
  • The worst girl gang ever, a survival guide for navigating miscarriage and pregnancy loss by Bex Gunn and Laura Buckingham
  • Saying goodbye by Zoe Clarke-Coates
  • The baby loss guide by Zoe Clarke-Coates
  • Holding hope with empty arms, edited by Sheryl Roy, Emily Mullins and Miriam Rendell
  • Life after baby loss by Nicola Gaskin
  • A heart that works by Rob Delaney

For children

  • These precious little people by Frankie Brunker and Gillian Gamble
  • The invisible string by Patrice Karst
  • The huge bag of worries by Virginia Ironside
  • Where are you Lydie by Emma Poore
  • A Star for Bobby, by Helen Keenor
  • Ethan’s Butterflies, by Christine Jonas-Simpson
  • I Will Always Remember Our Baby, by Elizabeth Hutton
  • My Brother Lives in Heaven, by Allie Sheehan
  • My Sibling Still, by Megan Lacourrege
  • The Fairy Caretaker, by Mel Scott
  • We Had To Say Goodbye Before We Even Met, by Irene Teague

SANDS have produced a series of Supporting Children workbooks. These can be used to explain the loss of a baby to children. The workbooks are available for ages three to seven years, seven to eleven years, and teens and young people. They can be downloaded for FREE from the SANDS website.

For pregnancy after loss

  • A bump in the road by Elle Wright
  • Pregnancy after loss by Zoe Clarke-Coates

Podcasts:

The other mothers hosted by Elle, Caro and Jen

The worst girl gang ever hosted by Laura and Bex

Voices of baby loss produced by Sands

Dad still standing hosted by Liam Preston and Matt Dearsley

Bereaved parents’ club podcast

Remembering Our Babies Podcast Series – Episode 1: Founders | Remember My Baby