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Aligning with the USA and parts of Canada, October 15th has now been declared as an official remembrance day in NSW Australia

Exciting developments in UK Parliament as the campaign grows: to have birth certificates issued for stillborn babies

Effective Sept. 5^th, 2011: Pennsylvania to issue Birth Certificates for Stillborn Babies

A film that lends a voice to all women who grieve silently, after losing a baby to miscarriage

Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome is a devastating pre-natal condition that often causes the death of one or both babies. A new online support group for parents affected by TTTS is now available.

New study finds that women who get pregnant again within six months after a miscarriage, might have better reproductive outcomes than women who wait longer

A special service to honour babies who have died to miscarriage, stillbirth, antenatal causes, etc

Petition launched in Australia: for the State Coroner to be allowed to investigate the causes of stillborn births. Support extended by members of the AMA, Parliament, and support groups for bereaved parents.

By Nicole Ballinger

According to a recent report in The Journal of the American Medical Association, a team of doctors from the Children’s Hospital in Boston and Harvard Medical School conducted autopsies of 41 babies who died from SIDS and other causes. The result was the detection of brain abnormalities in SIDS victims (sudden infant death syndrome).

These researchers found abnormalities in the victims’ nerve cells that make and use serotonin. Serotonin is thought to help coordinate breathing and sensitivity to carbon dioxide. When babies sleep face down, it is believed they breathe in exhaled carbon monoxide, taking in less oxygen. A rise in carbon dioxide activates nerve cells in the brainstem, to stop most babies from asphyxiating.

But the researchers believe that a baby who dies from SIDS has defects in his or her serotonin system, which impairs the reflex to wake up and turn over.

These doctors now hope to develop a diagnostic test to identify infants at risk for SIDS. They also hope to develop a treatment to protect infants who have these abnormalities.

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