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Exciting Media News on Stillbirth!

National Public Radio is airing an interview with Alan Goldenbach (author of the July 7, 2009 Washing Post article, "Even Doctors Avoid Talking about Stillbirth," and Sherokee Isle (author of "Empty Arms"). The show, "Tell Me More" with host Michelle Martin, will likely air on Monday, July 27.

To find local stations that will carry the show visit www.npr.org. Go to Programs, find 'Tell Me More', then look for the broadcast  on the right hand side.  You may be able to listen to it live also.  A lot of great things were talked about including the new Stillbirth and SUID Prevention, Education, and Awareness Act of 2009 (S1445/HR3212).

Breaking the silence surrounding stillbirth
By Alan Goldenbach
WASHINGTON POST

About a month after our son died, my wife and I made our first visit back to her obstetrician's office hoping to get answers to some of the questions that haunted us. We had already learned why he died a day before he was supposed to be born; an autopsy showed his umbilical cord had become knotted. 
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Calling All Angels 
The stillbirth of a baby is a devastating occurrence. When are we going to find out why it happens? And when will we start talking about it?

Suzanne Pullen - Sunday, March 5, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/05/CMG7BGPSU11.DTL&hw=stillbirth&sn=001&sc=1000

Hope with a Heartbeat 
With worry a constant companion, the author embarks on another pregnancy, post-stillbirth

Suzanne Pullen - Sunday, March 25, 2007
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/25/CMGBGOCR5M1.DTL

2009-01-31 Newsweek article "A Vast and Sudden Sadness"
http://www.newsweek.com/id/182572/page/1

2009-01-31 Newsweek Radio Interview
Newsweek Radio Interview with Reporter Claudia Kalb