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Colorado Recognizes Stillbirth Awareness Day As Many Families Still Find Out Too Late

My pregnancy was considered high-risk and everything seemed healthy. Yet, no one brought up the risk of stillbirth.

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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis recently signed a proclamation declaring September 19 Stillbirth Awareness and Prevention Day in the state. As a mother who lost a child to stillbirth, I have waited more than eight years for a public official in my state to acknowledge this risk and talk about it openly.

In 2018, I was pregnant with our first child. Because I was over 35, my pregnancy was considered high-risk, but everything seemed healthy. During my prenatal visits, my doctor discussed various risks and precautions, such as avoiding cat litter to prevent toxoplasmosis. Yet, no one brought up the risk of stillbirth.

The day after Mother’s Day, on May 14, 2018, my son Lucas was stillborn at 39 weeks. Along with my grief, I was shocked that stillbirth, which I thought was a thing of the past, could still happen today. Every year in the United States, about 21,000 pregnancies end in stillbirth. That is about 65 babies a day — enough to fill a school bus — and almost as many as the number of infants who die in their first year. In Colorado, nearly 340 families go through this each year.

At first, I believed I was one of the few mothers who had not been warned about this risk. But after speaking with other mothers who experienced stillbirth, I realized my story was far more common than I thought.

At my local support group, Jenny shared that during her pregnancy with Isabella, who was stillborn at 37 weeks in 2017, no one ever mentioned the word “stillbirth” to........

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