Song of the Barren: Miscarriages to Miracles (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780997698930)

There is healing and hope to those devastated by miscarriage grief from the death of a baby. It gives pregnancy loss a voice and the survivor permission to grieve. Author Michelle Chudy shares her heartbreak of multiple miscarriages and the fearful joy of the first pregnancy after miscarriage-she was ten weeks pregnant before she knew. Her rainbow baby is a miracle baby story.

More than an infant death book and miscarriage devotional, Michelle invites you to heal and hope again through the song of her miracle pregnancy, and personal stories from other survivors. Mothers and Fathers open their hearts to share their infertility struggles, and precious memories of their heaven-born children through miscarriage or stillbirth. Michelle's teenage daughter also shares her story of the discovery of the miscarriages and grief from the loss of her siblings.

Infant death grief is often not resolved. Not only a book to read, it provides grief healing techniques to start a healthy healing journey to those mourning the loss of their heaven-born babes. It identifies frustrations and heartaches that are experienced, but never voiced. This book is a ready resource to those providing pregnancy loss support and counseling to grieving families and offers ministry leadership suggestions to facilitate healing through community support.

In the United States, one in four women experience miscarriage in their life. That is 2,000 women per day, 700,000 per year -one fourth of all females in this country-who lose a baby to pregnancy loss. Stillbirth effects about one percent of all pregnancies, and each year about 24,000 babies are stillborn in the United States.