You can name your baby, hold your baby, bathe and clothe her and take part in cultural or religious traditions, like baptism. Some families take pictures of their baby, make footprints or save locks of hair. You may be able to keep things from the hospital, like blankets, that were used with your baby.
Keepsakes like these can help you and your family remember your baby. Parents who have a stillbirth need time to grieve. You and your partner may cope with grief in different ways, and you may need help dealing with others as you grieve.
You may need help learning how to deal with these situations and the feelings they create. Or your hospital may have a loss and grief program for families. Getting counseling can be really helpful to you and your family. Talking about your feelings with other parents who have had a stillbirth may help you deal with your grief. Visit shareyourstory. Sharing your story may ease your pain and help you heal. Having a stillbirth may make you at risk for postpartum depression also called PPD.
PPD is a kind of depression that some women get after having a baby. Tell your provider if you have signs or symptoms of PPD, like feeling depressed most of the day every day, having little interest in things you normally like to do, or having trouble eating or sleeping. Get expert tips and resources from March of Dimes and CDC to increase your chance of having a healthy, fully-term pregnancy and baby.
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In This Topic. What is stillbirth? Who is at risk for stillbirth? BMI is a measure of body fat based on your height and weight. To find out your BMI, go to www. Diabetes is a condition in which your body has too much sugar called glucose in the blood. High blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force of blood that pushes against the walls of your arteries. Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood away from your heart to other parts of the body.
Substance abuse. Using certain harmful substances increase the risk of having a stillbirth. For example, smoking, drinking alcohol or using street drugs or prescription painkillers, such as opioids. You have intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy also called ICP. This is the most common liver condition that happens during pregnancy. You had complications in a previous pregnancy, like premature birth , preeclampsia or fetal growth restriction.
Preterm birth is a birth that happens too early, before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Preeclampsia is a condition that can happen after the 20th week of pregnancy or right after pregnancy. You had a miscarriage or stillbirth in a previous pregnancy. Miscarriage is when a baby dies in the womb before 20 weeks of pregnancy. According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG , studies show that a large number of stillbirths that happen among pregnant people 35 or older are related to congenital or chromosomal conditions.
You have little social support. Many unmarried people have strong social networks of families and friends who help them. However, some studies have reported a higher risk of stillbirth among unmarried people. Researchers think that this may be because they have less social support. Health Disparities and Racism We do not know exactly why, but stillbirth happens more often in some groups compared with others. This control means that people in the dominant group are more likely to: Have better education and job opportunities Live in safer environmental conditions Be shown in a positive light by media, such as television shows, movies, and news programs.
Be treated with respect by law enforcement Better access to health care In contrast, people from racial or ethnic minority groups who live in a racist society are more likely to: Experience chronic stress Live in an unsafe neighborhood Live in areas that have higher amounts of environmental toxins, such as air, water, and soil pollution Go to a low-performing school Have limited access to healthy foods Have little or no access to health insurance and quality medical care Have less access to well-paying jobs The Role of Chronic Stress Studies have shown that the chronic stress caused by living in a racist culture is a factor in many health conditions, including having a preterm or low-birthweight baby.
Is it possible to find out what went wrong? I can't cope with the loss of my baby. Where I can I find help? What does it mean for my next pregnancy? From grief, guilt, pain and stigma to hope and pride - a systematic review and meta-analysis of mixed-method research of the psychosocial impact of stillbirth. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth Choices when pregnancy reaches 41 weeks.
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PLoS Med e Late intrauterine fetal death and stillbirth. High blood pressure disorders. High blood pressure in the mother—whether due to chronic high blood pressure or to preeclampsia —also contributed to stillbirths.
These types of stillbirths were more common in the end of the second trimester and the beginning of the third, compared with other parts of pregnancy. Medical complications in the mother. This research also showed that: Women who experienced financial, emotional, or other personal stress in the year before their delivery had an increased chance of having a stillbirth.
Smoking tobacco or marijuana, taking prescription painkillers, or using illegal drugs during pregnancy is associated with double or even triple the risk of stillbirth. Racial Disparities in Stillbirth In the United States, stillbirths are more than twice as likely among black women than among white women. Causes of death among stillbirths. Journal of the American Medical Association, 22 , — MacDorman, M.
Fetal and perinatal mortality, United States, National Vital Statistics Reports, 60 8. A population-based case-control study of stillbirth: the relationship of significant life events to the racial disparity for African Americans.
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