Now I know pregnancy is a happy time filled with such hope and dreams for your little one and no one wants to bring you down or scare you with talk of stillbirth. But the truth of the matter is stillbirth is a real problem and can happen to anyone. It happened to me. I came across this article which breaks down how big of a problem stillbirth is and why isn't anything being done about it.
That's why I think its important to share this new site I came across to get the facts out there about stillbirth and how you can check for any warning signs of fetal distress.http://www.stillnomore.org/main.htm. This site has a wealth of information for those that have had a loss and those that have not and want to take every precaution they do not become a statistic as well.
My favorite pages in this site are the following:
http://www.stillnomore.org/goals.htm- This link shows the sites 10 specific goals including
1. Public Awareness - awareness of S.A.D.S. (sudden antenatal Death Syndrome)
2. Stillbirth Certificates - because moms of stillborn babies are still moms
3. Uniform Protocols - so that we can collect data from stillborn babies to help prevent it in the future
4. Manage Pregnancy - this is to better detect possible problems
5. Home Monitoring - fetal death is a process which can take up to several hours, so if a problem is detected early on you could save your baby's life
6. Specialty Clinics - again this is to enhance early detection of possible problems
7. Why Kick Counts - your baby's kicks let you know they are ok
8. Research Center - to further research on these "perfect babies" that die for no apparent reason
9. Organ Donation - a part of us dies when our baby is born still, yet there is a chance for a part of our baby to live on
10. Parent Network - to defeat stillbirth as a group
http://www.stillnomore.org/vianate.htm- I like how they have coined the word "vianate" because to call an infant that is capable of surviving outside the womb on its own a "fetus" is absurd.
http://www.stillnomore.org/facts.htm
http://www.stillnomore.org/main.htm
http://www.stillnomore.org/states.htm
