STELLAR loss research and publications
I have conducted several qualitative studies and have the following publications in this area of STELLAR, (the links are to the article abstract or the UniSA online research repository):
I also led a group of 20 international scholars to produce a unified position statement on seeing and holding a stillborn baby. A copy of this document can be found at the ISPID website
I have published two books about the impact of loss on children and when the woman is pregnant again:
I have recently published a book with my Colleague Joann O’Leary titled
Meeting the Needs of Parents Pregnant and Parenting After Perinatal Loss
The book develops a helpful framework, which integrates continuing bonds and attachment theories, to support prenatal parenting at each stage of pregnancy. Giving insight into how a parent’s world view of a pregnancy may have changed following a loss, readers are provided with tools to assist parents on their journey. The book discusses each stage of a pregnancy, as well as labor and the postpartum period, before examining subjects such as multi-fetal pregnancies, reluctant terminations, use of support groups, and the experiences of fathers and other children in the family. The chapters include up-to-date research findings, vignettes from parents reflecting on their own experiences and recommendations for practice.
Written for researchers, students and professionals from a range of health, social welfare and early years education backgrounds, this text outlines what we know about supporting bereaved families encountering the challenges of a subsequent pregnancy.
I have conducted several qualitative studies and have the following publications in this area of STELLAR, (the links are to the article abstract or the UniSA online research repository):
- O’Leary J, Warland J,(2013) Parents’ Untold Stories of Infant Loss: The Importance of Contact with the Baby For Bereaved Parents Journal of Family Nursing 19 (3) 324-347
Erlandsson K, Warland J, Cacciatore J, Radestad I (2013) Seeing and holding a stillborn baby. Mothers feelings in relation to how their babies were presented to them after birth: Findings from an online questionnaire. Midwifery 29 (3) 246-25029 (3) 246-250
O’Leary J, Warland J, Parker L (2012) Childbirth Preparation For Families Pregnant After Loss International Journal of Childbirth Education 27 (2) 44-50
O’Leary J, Warland J, (2012) Intentional parenting of children born after a perinatal loss Journal of loss and trauma 17 (2) 137-157
O’Leary J, Gaziano C, Warland J (2011) Gifts from the Deceased sibling to siblings Born after Loss International journal of prenatal, perinatal psychology and medicine 23,(1/2), 415-429.
O’Leary J, Warland J, Parker L, (2011) Prenatal Parenthood. Journal of Perinatal Education 20 (4). 218-220
O’Leary J, Warland J, Parker L (2011) Bereaved Parents’ Perception of the Grandparents’ Reactions to Perinatal Loss and the Pregnancy That Follows Journal of Family Nursing 17 (3): 330-356
Warland J, O’Leary J, McCutcheon H, (2011) Born after infant loss: The experiences of subsequent children. Midwifery 27 p 628-633
Warland J, O'Leary J, McCutcheon H, Williamson V, (2011) Parenting Paradox: Parenting after infant loss. Midwifery, 27(5).e163-e169
I also led a group of 20 international scholars to produce a unified position statement on seeing and holding a stillborn baby. A copy of this document can be found at the ISPID website
I have published two books about the impact of loss on children and when the woman is pregnant again:
- Warland J, (2009). Our baby died. 2nd ed Mediacom: Adelaide
- Warland J, Warland M, (1996). Pregnancy after Loss. Author. Adelaide
I have recently published a book with my Colleague Joann O’Leary titled
Meeting the Needs of Parents Pregnant and Parenting After Perinatal Loss
The book develops a helpful framework, which integrates continuing bonds and attachment theories, to support prenatal parenting at each stage of pregnancy. Giving insight into how a parent’s world view of a pregnancy may have changed following a loss, readers are provided with tools to assist parents on their journey. The book discusses each stage of a pregnancy, as well as labor and the postpartum period, before examining subjects such as multi-fetal pregnancies, reluctant terminations, use of support groups, and the experiences of fathers and other children in the family. The chapters include up-to-date research findings, vignettes from parents reflecting on their own experiences and recommendations for practice.
Written for researchers, students and professionals from a range of health, social welfare and early years education backgrounds, this text outlines what we know about supporting bereaved families encountering the challenges of a subsequent pregnancy.
