Tuesday, 15 October 2024

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

Jeff BOURMAN (Eastern Victoria) (14:08): Today is 15 October, which is now Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. The loss of babies between I think it is 21 weeks and full term is kind of stagnant at about 6.7 to 7.7 per 1000. That is a one in 175 – ‘chance’ is the wrong word – happening. Remember, this does not include miscarriages and other problems such as ectopic pregnancies. This is a tough topic for me to speak on, but I am going to push on through. There are few feelings worse in this world than to hear your baby is no longer with you – even if it has not been born; I will just add that. I am really appreciative that this day has been set aside for this. I think it is still one of those things that is not very much talked about. In fact I was quite surprised, when it happened back in the day, how many people in this place have been through it and did not say anything at the time. To those three people that are watching, if any of you have gone through this, there are people in this place who do know what it is like, and we will do what we can to help.