Remembering Stillborn Babies
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Families in our area are running for a reason.
Noor Alomran shows us why runners are advocating for stillborn children and their parents.
“I wanted to run for my sisters,” Benjamin Pratt said.
Benjamin Pratt is referring to both of his stillborn sisters,
“Mary–Alice who was stillborn 36 weeks in 2008 and we also have a second daughter Amelia who was stillborn in 2011 at five and a half months,” explained Benjamen’s father and the father of two stillborn daughters.
The sisters that left the Pratt family with a huge impact.
More than 20,000 stillbirths are recorded each year, and this year families are walking to shed light on an issue they say goes unnoticed.
“71 families every day in the U.S. go from the excitement of having a new child or, you know, or being pregnant to all of a sudden this devastating loss,” Jason went on explaining.
Even though some have lost their children to stillbirth, their memory is still alive.
“She’s my child but I don’t get to hold her and be with her every day, but she just, she impacts my life and will continue to,” says Cendy Habel, the Director of Development at Star Legacy Foundation.
And for all the expecting mothers out there,
“If you have a feeling that baby seems different something doesn’t seem quite right, follow your instincts, mothers instincts are strong and we’re giving them for a reason,” says Cendy, the mother of a stillborn baby girl.
And even though sometimes it can be a painful path,
“Benjamin was playing on the floor, with his blocks, and he looked up at me and he’s like, Mommy, are you crying because of your belly and am like yep, yep I am sweetie and …. That one gets me,” teared Tandy Pratt, Benjamin’s mother and also the mother of two stillborn children.
At the end of the day there is something to always remember.
“I we can’t stand up for the littlest amongst us then who can we stand up for?” Questioned, Jason.
To learn more about stillbirths visit Star Legacy Foundation website.
