Wednesday, October 15, 2008

National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day


October 15th has been designated by Congress as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, in order to remember the approximately 1 million pregnancies each year in the US which end in miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death.

Pregnancyloss.info has, hands down, the best collection of information on miscarriage.

Do you wonder if miscarriages are ever misdiagnosed? Visit The Misdiagnosed Miscarriage for information and support. Primarily for early loss.

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep is a network of professional photographers who provide services to families experiencing infant loss, at no cost.

The New York Times did a piece a while back on perinatal hospice, A Place to Turn When a Newborn Is Fated to Die.


"He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him". - Ps. 126:6