October 15 is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day!
Did you know:
* 983,000 babies died in 1996, from miscarriage and stillbirth.
* In 1995, 15.7% of pregnancies ended in fetal demise, miscarriage or stillbirth.
* Those figures don't include neonatal loss, SIDS, or other causes.
Ideas for October 15th
* Light candles and display them in your windows.
* Contact local Radio and News stations and have them announce that it is October 15th, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
* Drive with your headlights on. Also, ask that radio and news stations announce this as well.
* Leave your porch lights on. Have radio and news stations announce this as well.
* Sponsor a candle lighting ceremony in a park, church, or local hospital.
Visit www.October15.com for more information!
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In the News...
- 4-month-old boy dies
- 5-week-old dies while sleeping with mother
- Audit pushes for harsher penalties for illegal child care providers
- Auditors re-examining Missouri's day cares
- Baby boy dies at unlicensed day care
- Co-sleeping may have contributed to infant's death
- Day Care Owner Liable In SIDS Death
- Day care provider faces license charge
- FIRST CANDLE CONVENES CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS
- Parents on crusade after death of infant son
- Police: Charge day-care provider in death
- State audit suggests harsher penalties for illegal day cares
- State reviewing death of infant
- Washington University pediatrician to lead $11 million Gates Foundation grant
Advocacy & Events
Helpful Resources
- 50 State SIDS Laws
- ABC's of Safe Sleep for Babies
- Annie's Hope
- Child Day Care Association of St. Louis
- Infant death research
- National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
- Setting Policy on Infant Sleep Position
- Share Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support, Inc.
- SIDS Project Impact
- SIDS Resources
- St. Louis Safe Sleep for Babies
- The MISS Foundation
3 comments:
I hope everyone wore their ribbons today!
I also hope everyone lights a candle today at 7 p.m. in remembrance of Nathan and all the babies.
I had a miscarriage on 9/05/08 and tonight I lit a candle for my angel baby
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