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    It's Not Just a Heavy Period; The Miscarriage Handbook
    It's Not Just a Heavy Period; The Miscarriage Handbook
    It's Not Just a Heavy Period; The Miscarriage Handbook
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    It's Not Just a Heavy Period; The Miscarriage Handbook

    By Elizabeth Petrucelli

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    The Miscarriage Handbook, "It's Not Just a Heavy Period," is an immediate resource for women who have just received the diagnosis of miscarriage. This book helps women understand what they may experience when they learn their baby has died or are experiencing a miscarriage. This book helps caregivers provide women with the ultimate resource on what to expect, the woman's options for delivering her baby, helps the family understand and choose a final resting place for the physical form of their baby's body, warning signs during miscarriage, after care for the woman, grief and mourning, and memorializing their baby.

    This book also gives readers ideas for how to tell their friends and family, how others may react including their partner, and a guide for friends and family on how to help and what to say/not say. Tear outs are included which helps the grieving family share their needs with others. The book encompasses all aspects of miscarriage and the grief women may experience.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElizabeth Petrucelli
    Release dateMar 17, 2015
    ISBN9780985171353
    It's Not Just a Heavy Period; The Miscarriage Handbook
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    Elizabeth Petrucelli

    Elizabeth Petrucelli grew up in a suburb in South Tulsa, Oklahoma. After graduation from high school, she joined the United States Marine Corps. She served as a Marine Rifleman and Musician and was promoted to Sergeant. Following her marriage, Elizabeth moved with her husband to Colorado. She has a diverse background which includes administrative, professional birth assistance security management, and law enforcement.Elizabeth owns Mile High Childbirth and Parenting Solutions (formerly known as Mile High Doula Services) and is a certified childbirth educator and parenting instructor. She is a true educator and works closely with her students and families to ensure a proper education on their journey to parenthood. In 2014, Elizabeth became Colorado's first certified bereavement doula through Stillbirthday and supports families through miscarriage and stillbirth.Elizabeth's first book, "All That is Seen and Unseen; A Journey Through a First Trimester Miscarriage" is her personal memoir in which she walks you through her pregnancy, the demise of her baby, and the aftermath that follows a miscarriage. Elizabeth is currently authoring three other books. Two of those books will be published soon so stay tuned!

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      It's Not Just a Heavy Period; The Miscarriage Handbook - Elizabeth Petrucelli

      It’s Not

      Just

      a Heavy Period

      THE MISCARRIAGE HANDBOOK

      Elizabeth Petrucelli

      Dragonfly Press, LLC

      Parker, CO

      Copyright © 2015 by Elizabeth Petrucelli

      Copyright © 2015 by Elizabeth Petrucelli

      All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, including photocopying or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the author; except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper.

      Published by Dragonfly Press, LLC

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2015933046

      ISBN: 978-0-9851713-4-6

      ISBN: 978-0-9851713-5-3 (eBook)

      Edited by Amie McCracken

      Cover Design by Elizabeth Petrucelli

      Cover Image by freedigitalphotos.net (amenic181)

      DISCLAIMER:

      This book’s aim is to serve as a guide for women. It is not intended to serve as medical advice. The author accepts no liability or responsibility for any loss or damage caused or thought to be caused by following the advice in this book and recommends that you consult a healthcare professional for medical advice or questions you may have with the advice contained herein.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Contents

      Chapter One: It’s Called Miscarriage But…

      Chapter Two: How It’s Managed

      Chapter Three: Options For Your Baby’s Body

      Chapter Four: Experiences

      Chapter Five: Causes

      Chapter Six: Others Who Grieve

      Chapter Seven: Sharing The News

      Chapter Eight: Remembering Your Baby

      Chapter Nine: Recovering

      Chapter Ten: Re-entering Society

      Chapter Eleven: Pregnancy After Loss

      Chapter Twelve: Helping Someone Through Pregnancy Loss

      Chapter Thirteen: Other Resources

      Chapter Fourteen: Tear-Outs

      Bibliography

      It’s Not

      Just

      A Heavy Period

      THE MISCARRIAGE BOOK

      Chapter One: It’s Called Miscarriage But …

      The term miscarriage is actually not a medical term even though we often hear it presented by care providers. Please note that the term abortion (used below) does not refer to medical or surgical abortions and only refers to naturally occurring death of the embryo/fetus. The terms used to define or describe miscarriage are:

      • Spontaneous abortion / spontaneous miscarriage

      • Complete abortion / complete miscarriage

      • Incomplete abortion / incomplete miscarriage

      • Missed abortion / missed miscarriage

      • Inevitable abortion / inevitable miscarriage

      • Threatened abortion / threatened miscarriage

      • Blighted ovum

      • Intrauterine fetal demise

      • Live miscarriage

      • Molar pregnancy

      • Partial molar pregnancy

      • Ectopic pregnancy

      The last three are a different variation on pregnancy and pregnancy loss.

      These are terms you might hear to describe your miscarriage:

      • Chemical pregnancy

      • There are no signs of you ever being pregnant

      • No heartbeat

      • No growth

      • Baby stopped growing

      • There is nothing there

      • Not a viable pregnancy

      • There is only a sac (blighted ovum)

      • Pregnancy failure

      • Embryonic demise

      What the Baby Is Called

      You may refer to your baby using the term baby; however, medically speaking you will likely hear these terms to refer to your baby.

      • Embryo (conception to 11 weeks)

      • Fetus (After 11 weeks)

      Other terms used:

      • Tissue

      • Products of conception

      Hearing these terms may be quite difficult for you. Medical staff don't typically use these terms to cause you any pain, they are only utilizing the terms assigned to them.

      Definitions

      A miscarriage is defined as a pregnancy loss prior to 20 weeks gestation. After 20 weeks gestation, the pregnancy loss is defined as a stillbirth. Miscarriage is the most common form of pregnancy loss and occurs in approximately one in four women.

      A spontaneous abortion or spontaneous miscarriage occurs when the embryo or fetus is not viable, which means they are unable to survive, or when the embryo or fetus is born before 20 weeks gestation. It is usually just called miscarriage.

      A complete abortion or complete miscarriage occurs when the embryo and all products of conception (placenta, gestational sac) have emptied from the uterus. Cramping and bleeding typically subsides quickly following a complete miscarriage. An ultrasound is used to confirm.

      An incomplete abortion or incomplete miscarriage occurs when only part of the embryo or fetus has emptied the uterus but other parts remain. Bleeding and cramping continue to occur although a woman may experience a decrease in cramping and bleeding, but after a period of time, the bleeding and cramping reoccurs and can be more intense.

      A missed abortion or missed miscarriage occurs when the embryo dies but is not expelled from the uterus. Oftentimes, the mother discovers this during an ultrasound and no fetal heartbeat is detected for the proper gestational age or no further growth is seen when comparing previous ultrasounds.

      An inevitable abortion or inevitable miscarriage occurs when there is dilation or effacement of the cervix and/or a rupture of the membranes (water breaks). It most commonly occurs with back pain and/or abdominal pain. These contractions cause the cervix to soften and open. If this continues, the embryo or fetus will

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