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Small Sparks of Life
  

Small Sparks of Life (Paperback)

by Lysanne Sizoo (Author)
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  • Paperback: 126 pages
  • Publisher: Gopher Publishers UK (6 Jun 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 9076953260
  • ISBN-13: 978-9076953267
  • Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 14 x 0.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,515,156 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Book Description
Small Spark's of Life is about coming to terms with the legacy of pregnancy loss, and the painful journey towards motherhood. It's a very personal story, and provides the sorely needed friend who 'understands what you're going through'.

No two women experience miscarriage in the same way, but Small Sparks faces it in a sympathetic way, with humility and with humour. It will help others to face their sadness, and to go on and try again, to reach the climactic joy of birth that Lysanne Sizoo also so beautifully describes.

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Any miscarriage or pregnancy loss is a bereavement, often seemingly unacknowledged by the outside world. Though pregnancy loss is not uncommon, as many people will sometimes (too) quickly point out, it doesn't stop you from feeling totally alone, surrounded by pregnant friends and family members, all successfully carrying their babies to term.

I was just over thirteen weeks pregnant when I suffered my first miscarriage. My second was an ectopic pregnancy, where the embryo implants outside the womb. The third time round was a frightening but successful pregnancy, which led to the birth of our wonderful son.

We then had a few more disappointments, until I came to accept that I have many other talents, and that perhaps childbearing wasn't one of them. And so I started putting my thoughts to paper in an attempt to make sense of all that had happened, and to find out what lessons I could learn. The result became much more than I expected; the privilege to have been able to "give birth" once more, to a beautiful little jewel called Small Sparks of Life.

Having the dream to become a mother, and finding hurdles on the way there, is a painful and sorrowful process, rarely understood by those not going through it themselves. I had so many friends to rely on, but what I really needed, and what I found in the miscariage support group, was someone who knew how I felt. Someone who wouldn't condemn me for wanting to kick every pregnant woman in the supermarket queue. Someone who would understand and not condemn the jealous hateful creature I felt I was becoming. I would wish that Small Sparks of Life, can be that "someone", for someone else. I hope that it will be out there, giving comfort and hope, a companion on the road to healing process for anyone who needs it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A story which struck a chord with me., 12 Dec 2001
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Small Sparks is a frank account of the emotional rawness, sense of loss and sliding self-esteem made easier to bear with the help of others who recognised and understood what she was going through. Having suffered an ectopic myself it made me laugh and it made me cry so I made my husband read it too. "Small Sparks of Life" will help those who have personal experience of Ectopics and provides a useful insight to anyone whose life has been touched by an Ectopic Pregnancy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 24 Nov 2001
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Made me laugh and cry. I have suffered an ectopic pregnancy and it was so good to know that a lot of my feelings are normal. And most of all it made me feel less alone and gave me hope.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Written from the heart - a powerful read, 11 Nov 2001
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This is a brilliant book written from the heart, an account of the traumas associated with miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy. Having suffered 2 ectopic pregnancies myself, I laughed and cried with the writer. Her funny and very touching story reaches out to the reader with a powerful combination of wit, humour and intense emotion. I would strongly advise it to anyone coping with miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy.
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