National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day 2020

October 15th is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day has been a official day since October 25th 1988 when President Ronald Reagan proclaimed October National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. He is remembered for this quote: " When a child loses his parent, they are called an orphan. When a spouse loses his or her partner, they are called a widow or widower. When parents loses their child, there isn't a word to describe them."- Ronald Reagan.

An estimated 2.6 million stillbirths happen yearly and 17-22% of pregnancies result in miscarriage every year. 1 in 4 families are effected by pregnancy and/or infant loss. That comes with a lot of anger, depression, guilt, PTSD, and anxiety. It has been a taboo subject in our world for too many years. The whole point of National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day is to bring awareness to those of us that have gone through this and to break the stigma surrounding the touchy subject. Every year more and more organizations and companies are acknowledging National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness.

It is my main goal to break the stigma surrounding Pregnancy and Infant Loss by speaking my truth and helping others get through it together. I was recently reminded of how others are so misinformed on the subject and do not how to talk to a grieving parent. We just ask for kindness, for you to think before you speak, and to try to put yourself into our shoes. Also to remember that everyone has a different story and every handles their pain and grief in different ways. No matter how long it takes you to feel normal again, if ever, it is ok!!! Know you are not alone and there are people out there that will listen! Please do not ever feel ashamed to reach out to me!

Tonight at 7pm the Wave of Light will be honoring our babies lost too soon. I ask that you light a candle in your timezone for an hour starting at 7pm. We ask you to do this to honor all of the babies that have gone too soon. You can find an event link here on my website to my Facebook page. I ask that you post a picture of your candle with the hashtag #waveoflight

Thank you again for all of your continued support! Please consider helping our support group grow by purchasing a t-shirt, buying an item off of our Wishlist, a monetary donation, or by donating items for gift baskets for grieving parents/families. You can find links for all of these on the homepage of this website!