Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day ~ National Infertility Awareness Week
Posted Jan 11 2009 5:45pm
The code for the above graphic and additional awareness information can be found at Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Pregnancy. Special thanks to AK_Sapphire for providing them!Help spread the word by posting both of the above buttons. You can help raise awareness by also reading and following some or all of the suggestions in the post below, which was graciously and eloquently written by the lovely Antigone.
October 15th is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in
the United States. More than 25,000 children are stillborn in the
United States every year leaving mothers, entire families and
communities devastated. Estimates of the rate of occurrence of
stillbirth make it at least as common as autism.
Stillbirth is
not an intractable problem. Greater research would likely significantly
reduce its incidence, but good research requires good data. H.R. 5979:
Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act is under consideration by
Congress. This proposed bill would standardize stillbirth investigation
and diagnosis, thus providing more data for the needed research. Better
research means fewer children born still.
On October 15th,
remember the thousands of unfinished children lost and the families who
remain to grieve them. Honor them by taking action. Let' s help pass
H.R. 5979.
Action Steps:
Step 1. Use Your Blog to Enlist Others -Copy the contents of this entire post and publish it on your blog immediately.
GOAL: Enlist 10 of your readers to spread the word
Step 2. Use Your E-mail to Enlist Others -E-mail
5 bloggers and ask them (nicely and in an unspammy way) to publish
these action steps on their blog. Consider contacting celebrity
bloggers, political bloggers, medical bloggers, or bloggers who are not
part of your reading community.
GOAL: Enlist 3 bloggers outside of your normal blog sphere to spread the word in other online communities.
Step 3. Help Pass the Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act -By
October 15th, publish a post on your blog supporting H.R. 5979
Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act. For maximum impact, title your
post: "Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act."
GOAL:1,000,000 Google results on October 15th when that term is searched for.
Currently, Google only returns 20,400 pages - most of which have
nothing to do with the bill.
October 15th is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in the United States. More than 25,000 children are stillborn in the United States every year leaving mothers, entire families and communities devastated. Estimates of the rate of occurrence of stillbirth make it at least as common as autism.
Stillbirth is not an intractable problem. Greater research would likely significantly reduce its incidence, but good research requires good data. H.R. 5979: Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act is under consideration by Congress. This proposed bill would standardize stillbirth investigation and diagnosis, thus providing more data for the needed research. Better research means fewer children born still.
On October 15th, remember the thousands of unfinished children lost and the families who remain to grieve them. Honor them by taking action. Let' s help pass H.R. 5979.
Action Steps:
Step 1. Use Your Blog to Enlist Others
-Copy the contents of this entire post and publish it on your blog immediately.
GOAL: Enlist 10 of your readers to spread the word
Step 2. Use Your E-mail to Enlist Others
-E-mail 5 bloggers and ask them (nicely and in an unspammy way) to publish these action steps on their blog. Consider contacting celebrity bloggers, political bloggers, medical bloggers, or bloggers who are not part of your reading community.
GOAL: Enlist 3 bloggers outside of your normal blog sphere to spread the word in other online communities.
Step 3. Help Pass the Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act
-By October 15th, publish a post on your blog supporting H.R. 5979 Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act. For maximum impact, title your post: "Stillbirth Awareness and Research Act."
GOAL:1,000,000 Google results on October 15th when that term is searched for. Currently, Google only returns 20,400 pages - most of which have nothing to do with the bill.