Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
October 12, 2022 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month is observed during the month of October in the United States and in many other parts of the world. One in four pregnancies end in loss, one in 160 pregnancies that reach 20 weeks or beyond end in loss and 1 baby is born still at term for every 1000 live births. Approximately 5 babies die in their first year (infant mortality) for every 1000 live births in the United States. People of the Global Majority (BIPOC) are disproportionately impacted.
October is also Domestic Violence Awareness Month. 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men will experience intimate partner violence in their lifetime and this rate increases during pregnancy. Rates are highest when a pregnancy is unintended.
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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 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 16, 2013 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Month, with a special call out on October 15th. On that day, I interviewed Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep photographer Vicki Zoller, who volunteers her time with the Seattle chapter of NILMDTS, taking pictures of families who are experiencing a loss
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