"Loved Baby: 31 Devotions" by Sarah Philpot, PhD

After you read the book, please leave a comment below to share your thinking about it!  

​The Bereaved Optimist's Book Club was created to share book suggestions for and by families who have experienced a stillbirth.   Your unique perspective on these books is valuable! ​​​

Book Jacket Description: Close to one in four American women experience the silent grief of pregnancy loss. Loved Baby offers much-needed support to women in the middle of psychological and physiological grief as a result of losing an unborn child through miscarriage, stillbirth, or ectopic pregnancy loss.  

In Loved Baby, author Sarah Philpott gently walks alongside women as they experience the misguided shame, isolation, and crushing despair that accompany the turmoil of loss. With brave vulnerability Sarah shares her own and others stories of loss, offering Christ-filled hope and support to women navigating grief.

This fresh and compassionate devotional offers:

• Real talk about loss
• Christ-filled comfort
• Tips to manage social media, reconnect with your partner, and nourish your soul
• Knowledge that your child is in heaven
• Strategies to walk through grief
• Ways to memorialize your loss
  
• Whether your loss is recent or not, Loved Baby can be your companion as you move from the darkness of grief toward the light of hope.

Book Type: Religious Devotional  

Questions to Consider in your Comments: 
1. What feelings did this book evoke for you?
2. What was new, interesting, or surprising to you as you read?
3. Share a quote from the book.  Why did this one stand out?
4. Was anything missing or poorly done in the book?
5. Would you recommend it to other families experiencing a stillbirth?
6.  What connections did you make to your own story?
7. Does this book remind you of any others that you've read?