There's a rainbow baby in my Mummy's tummy!

I bought 5 copies of this book as part of a donation of baby loss books to our local child bereavement service. As someone who recently lost a baby, albeit after birth, I know how useful it is to have books and tools to help work through the difficult emotions.This book would be really useful to anyone wanting to explain their rainbow pregnancy to their other children. It explains and reassures in simple language about the extra care that their mummy is being given to keep the baby safe and also encourages the child that it is okay to feel excited about welcoming a new brother or sister home.At the end of the book there is a really helpful Q&A section with advice around how to respond to some of the common questions that children might ask their parents when they are expecting another baby after loss.Kara is a highly trained clinical psychologist, who has supported me in my loss. Following her own tragic stillbirth a few years ago, this makes her both professionally and personally equipped to offer this excellent advice to parents.

I bought this to help my 4 and 6 year old children process my latest pregnancy. Having previously lost a baby during the second trimester, this book helped us to talk about how to manage the mixture of emotions we are all feeling this time. I’d recommend without hesitation.

This book is wonderful!I thoroughly recommend it for any family who are expecting a child after the loss of a previous pregnancy if they already have an older child. It would be useful for cousins too as if they had been looking forward to the birth of the baby who passed away.It’s been written wonderfully sensitively by the author and the illustrations are just beautiful.The question and answers section at the back is also useful because it can be hard to find the words to use when you’re feeling upset and confused yourself as an expectant anxious parent. Reading this section helped me to borrow and practice sensitive and appropriate conversations which helped me with awkward conversations.The author is doing such good stuff in the area of baby loss and there’s more information about that in the book too.I definitely recommend this book and more people should know about this little gem of a book!