The staff cleaned up the baby, dressed him in a tiny suit and took him to the parents in a moses basket. Stillbirth: a pain left unspoken Read moreThey are not alone, says Emma Beck, co-creator with Nicola Gibson of the audio archive Stillbirth Stories, which launches today. Stillbirth is still “shrouded in silence, even though it is about 10 times more common than cot death”, she says. In 2015, nine babies were stillborn every day, placing Britain at 24th on a list of 49 high-income countries. Few women realise that if they give up smoking before they are 16 weeks pregnant, their risk of stillbirth becomes the same as for a mother who never smoked.

Source: The Guardian October 09, 2017 04:52 UTC