Articles

Victories

victory7.bmpHere we celebrate the growing international awareness of pregnancy and infant loss. Some articles present late breaking news, while others inspire further action by celebrating influential people and cultures.

In this section you will also find petitions that are designed to:

  • Raise awareness;
  • Lobby for action;
  • Call for more research; and
  • Ultimately, save the lives of more babies.

Please click here to read over and add your signature to our current petition. Thank you

Medical advances will surely result from more research into preventable pregnancy and infant loss. So it stands to reason that more babies will survive.

Which is, of course, the ultimate victory.

Please also see our RED ALERT section -- information that could save an unborn baby's life.

Your Update from Canberra

Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day is now official in NSW! Update: developments to get this Day official across Australia

Balloon Release for Bereaved Families

A very special event on Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. In the meantime, politicians being pressured to officially declare this Day

20 Minutes of History: Full Support for IPIL Day Down Under

Tears are shed as MPs from both majority goverment and its opposition passionately support the declaration of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day across Australia

Group Helps Mothers Bear with Grief

Canada's Bears for Bereaved Mommies: helping grieving parents since 2004

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day: a Surprise Unanimous Vote

A unanimous vote in Parliament is unusual, as what usually happens is that Opposition members vote to oppose motions from the other side of the House. But not in this exciting case. Read more

Finding Hope and Healing

An aunt speaks about the stillbirth of her nephew, and how her nephew inspired her to build an organization that supports families who experience pregnancy loss and infant death

History of the Canadian Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Awareness and Remembrance Movement

Awareness, remembrance, healing and support for parents who have lost babies through miscarriage, stillbirth and neo natal death

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month

Statistics from Canadian Perinatal Health Report (2003) stated that 25 to 50 per cent of all pregnancies “end in miscarriage or loss.” In 2000, 1.5 Canadian infants in 1000 did not survive “their first year of life.” The root of such losses span from miscarriage, neonatal, and infant death to genetic abnormalities, premature birth, SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), and pregnancy complications.

Group Raising Funds and Helping Families Bear their Silent Grief

A 3rd annual fundraising walk is being planned in New Brunswick, Canada. A non-profit support group is helping bereaved parents who have lost babies through pregnancy loss: miscarriage, stillbirth and early infant loss. Raising awareness, bereavement support and more.

No Longer Mourning in Silence

A charity raising money to buy hospitals better equipment to detect problems early on in pregnancy. It also informs people of the importance of doctors and patients sharing information and listening to one another. It educates the public on how to grieve properly.