Carrying Hope

“Expecting death, delivering life”

Beth Appleby

ISBN: 9781912726905

256 Pages

Published Mar 2025

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Paperback £12.99
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Carrying Hope is the heartfelt and deeply vulnerable story of a pregnancy destined to end in death by the medical world, but for which God had other plans.

At a routine scan for Beth’s third child, critical concerns were raised about the baby’s health, and further tests signalled a life-limiting genetic condition. Consultants diagnosed a series of devastating abnormalities and considered the baby too small to survive outside the womb, confronting Beth and her husband with a series of heart-breaking decisions.

Through months of uncertainty and doubt, strengthened daily by God’s Word, they chose to persevere in hope even as they prepared for the worst. Yet this pregnancy would have an extraordinary outcome nobody could have predicted, and would be a testimony to how God can walk with us through even the darkest times.

  • An intensely personal, deeply moving story of hope in the face of despair. Carrying Hope will, I have no doubt, bring comfort, provoke reflection, and even save lives.

    Pete Greig, bewildered founder, 24-7 Prayer; author of God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer
  • This is a raw, emotional, deeply personal and beautifully inspiring story about Hope. It presents some hard questions for clinicians to wrestle with about compassionate curiosity and kind-hearted communication. It deals honestly with uncertainty, doubt, grief and fear. And yet, even in the midst of despair, it provokes us to pray… because it seems, even when all seems lost, there is still room these days for unexplained miracles. Read this book and let it make you wonder!

    Prof Andy Knox, author of Sick Society
  • Reading Beth’s story was a true privilege. Her journey reflects many of the experiences we’ve encountered at SOFT UK over the years and yet was also uniquely different. We hope this book becomes an invaluable resource in shifting the outlook within the medical community and raising awareness of the many 'what ifs.'

    Kate Hart, SOFT UK
  • How apt that this beautiful little baby girl is named Hope, because hope and courage and a deep, abiding love are what shine forth from this powerful story of an inspirational family who were prepared to pour a lifetime of love into a very short life. It’s also, in part, a cautionary tale and a warning against the culture of negativity that underestimates the value of every child, however poor a diagnosis may be.

    Vicky Wall, Every Life Counts