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Since 2007, U.S. Senators Barack Obama, Frank Lautenberg and U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone and Peter King introduced stillbirth research legislation with no action. The MISS Foundation that represents parents who lost a child due to stillbirth want to prevent future devastation to families through stillbirth research. With the 2012 elections suspending congressional action and the session ending soon, grieving parents see another session ending with no action. (PRWEB) October 18, 2012...

When a woman is 32 weeks pregnant some physical changes are to be expected. There are particular symptoms that are common at this stage of the pregnancy. Pregnancysymptomsweekbyweeks.com offers many tools and explanations to help women understand the changes that are happening. (PRWEB) September 12, 2012 When a woman is 32 week pregnant the baby has grown in her womb to about 4 pounds of weight. She and the baby will continue to change and grow as the pregnancy continues toward delivery....

HowManyWeeksPregnantAmICalulator.com announces the release of the new pregnancy calculator. Women who are 31 weeks pregnant can now make use of a convenient online tool howmanyweekspregnantamicalculator.com to determine the progress of their pregnancy and the development of the fetus. (PRWEB) September 10, 2012 The baby is growing everyday and by the time a woman is 31 weeks pregnant it measures about 16 inches long from head to foot. The baby has been in a continuous state of growth and...

The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Urges Women to Abstain from Alcohol During Pregnancy Due to the Risk of Birth Defects WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Prenatal alcohol exposure is the leading preventable cause of developmental disabilities and birth defects in America. Representing the nine months of pregnancy the ninth day of the ninth month--September 9(th)--is International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Day and serves...

Inequality evident for all causes and has not budged in 8 years The rate of stillbirths in England is twice as high among the least well off as it is among the most affluent, shows research published in the online journal BMJ Open. What is more, this inequality gap is evident across all causes of stillbirth, and has not changed in eight years, the findings show. The authors assessed the number of singleton stillbirths occurring in England between 2000 to 2007, inclusive. They looked...

Genetic researchers have made an important step towards resolving the mystery of the causes of intrauterine fetal demise (IUFD), or stillbirth, where a baby dies in the womb after the 14th week of gestation. IUFD is responsible for 60% of perinatal mortality and occurs in about one in every two hundred pregnancies in Europe. Up to half of these stillbirths are unexplained. Now scientists from Italy, Germany, and the US have found that up to 8% of these unexplained deaths may be caused by...

19 percent of stillbirths occur in fetuses under the 10th percentile of weight The tiniest and the heaviest fetuses are at much higher risk of being stillborn than those of average weight, new research has found. Fetuses who are "severely small for gestational age," or weigh below the bottom one percentile of all fetuses, disproportionately account for about six per cent of all stillbirths, according to researchers at St. Michael's Hospital. Fetuses that are "severely large for...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com For a pregnant woman, healthy fetal growth is key to a healthy baby. To assist in this endeavor, a group of scientists recently announced that they have found a blood test which could help predict the risk of women having alarmingly small babies. Researchers from Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) recently discovered a protein in the blood of pregnant women that can foretell if a pregnant women will have a fetus...

Safe childbirth checklist program aims to prevent maternal and newborn deaths in low-income countries A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) found that a simple checklist-based childbirth safety program dramatically improved adherence to essential childbirth care practices at a pilot hospital in south India. Of 29 practices measured, 28 were improved after adoption of the checklist and overall adherence to essential practices was...

Stillborn Still Loved Guild Founded by Four Parents to Create Change and Raise Awareness of Stillbirth Guild’s First Fundraising Event, SWIRL & SIP, to Benefit GAPPS (Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth) Seattle, WA (PRWEB) May 01, 2012 A new Seattle Children’s Hospital Guild, Stillborn Still Loved Guild, was recently founded by four parents whose babies have forever changed their lives: Ashley Kimberley, Abbie Smith, Keli Hansen and Ralph Morton. As they each...