A Gift of Time: Continuing Your Pregnancy When Your Baby's Life Is Expected to Be Brief 2011

Gift of Time is a sensitive and practical guide for parents who choose to continue a pregnancy knowing that their baby's life will be short. When prenatal testing reveals that the unborn baby is destined to die before or soon after birth, some parents choose to continue the pregnancy and welcome the baby into the world. With compassion and support, this book guides them step by step through this difficult and emotional experience. It also provides inspiration and encouragement through the memories of many parents who have loved a child who did not survive. Their moving experiences are stories of sadness and hope. Their anxiety over the prenatal diagnosis is transformed into joy and love at the birth of their child, and gratitude and peace as they reflect on their child's short life. Full of practical tips for parents and carers Gift of Time is also an innovative concept of perinatal hospice and palliative care. The caring and thoughtful book helps parents spend extraordinary time with their baby.