Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
October 15, 2021 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
October is Perinatal and Infant Loss Awareness Month in the United States and today, October 15th is World Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. Miscarriage, stillbirth and infant loss has most likely touched all of us in one way or another, both professionally or personally or often both. In honor of the babies born too early, born still or who passed away after birth, people are asked to light a candle and burn it for an hour at 7 PM local time on October 15th as a way to spread light across the globe and inform, grieving families that they and their children remembered. Have you considered participating and inviting others to do the same.
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October 15, 2020 | by: Cara Terreri
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. Childbirth educators and other perinatal professionals will no doubt at some point work with families who are experiencing (or have experienced in the past) a pregnancy or infant loss. When this tragedy happens, we can be a source of support, compassion and resources for the family and model appropriate actions that other people can model.
October 15, 2019 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, CD/BDT(DONA), LCCE, FACCE, CLE
October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month, and today, October 15th is World Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day. If you work in any capacity with pregnant and new families, you will have an opportunity to support a family at some point who will experience the tragic loss of their baby during pregnancy or as an infant. Here are ten things the childbirth educator or perinatal professional can do to provide resources and support should this happen to a family you are working with.
October 15, 2018 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
As childbirth educators, we are aware that even in a class of what we believe to be first-time expectant parents, there will likely be some class members who have experienced a loss of a previous pregnancy or even a stillbirth or infant loss after birth.
October 12, 2017 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
The sad fact is that too many families are affected by a pregnancy loss, stillbirth or early infant loss. The grief when a loss occurs has no bounds and remains significant and deep, even if there are future children that join the family after a loss has occurred.
October 13, 2014 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
As we continue to observe Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, I would like to discuss a difficult topic that may come up for childbirth educators. Last week, Robin Elise Weiss shared ways to commemorate the loss of a baby. Today, I would like to talk about when a class member experiences
October 08, 2014 | by: Robin E. Weiss, PhD, LCCE
By Robin Elise Weiss, PhDc, MPH, CPH, LCCEOctober is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month and Lamaze International President Robin Elise Weiss challenges all of us to make some time this month to recognize this somber topic. Robin provides some creative ideas about how you can honor
October 14, 2013 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
October 15 is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. If you are a professional who works with expecting families, you no doubt will at some point have a family who suffers a loss during their pregnancy, a stillbirth or the death of their newborn in the days and weeks after birth.
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