What is Stillbirth?

Stillbirth is when a baby dies whilst inside its mother and can occur at anytime from 20 weeks until immediately before birth. 

1 in every 140 babies born in Australia is stillborn   

In Australia, each year, 2000 babies are stillborn and this number has remained steady for over ten years. It is disturbing that, in an age of enormous technical and medical advances, the death rate of stillborn babies is not declining nor well understood. The Stillbirth Foundation has been established to encourage and fund research to ensure that the stillbirth rate begins to decline.

What is the Stillbirth Foundation?

The Stillbirth Foundation is the first and only organisation in Australia dedicated to the sole understanding of stillbirth. Launched in October 2005, the Stillbirth Foundation operates in a unique manner on an entirely voluntary basis by parents of stillborn babies and their families and friends.

The ultimate goal of the Stillbirth Foundation is to reduce the incidence of stillbirth, and to reach this goal operates with the aims to:

• fund and encourage research into stillbirth; and
• increase public awareness about stillbirth.

The Stillbirth Foundation strives to raise much need funds annually of $250,000 to be spent directly on stillbirth research