Moms who had stillbirths create libraries for other families experiencing pregnancy loss. Reading to babies helps parents create memories with their lost child.
, a nonprofit that raises awareness and funds research about stillbirths, after her second son, Vincent, was delivered stillborn when she was 38 weeks pregnant. She felt drawn to helping to prevent stillbirths in some way. As the chapter grew, it adopted the libraries as one of its projects.
“You were expecting to bring them home and then all of a sudden they’re telling you that you have to deliver this baby and then bury him,” said the 38-year-old accountant from Rochester, New York. “You’re in so much shock at that point. I didn’t know what to do with him. I just held him and cried. It’s why the libraries become important — because it’s something you can do with your baby in that moment.
The women involved with the Western New York chapter of Star Legacy Foundation ask their friends and family members to purchase books from an Amazon Wish List. To date, they've received enough donations to stock libraries in eight hospitals. Families who experience pregnancy loss can pick a book to read to their child and then take it home .
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