OCTOBER 15TH- PREGNANCY AND INFANT LOSS REMEMBRANCE DAY

For those of you that don't know, which I am sure is many, October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.  I never knew that is existed until we lost Addison.  There is not much publicity around this day, which is quite a shame.  This will be a day that our family will participate in every year from here on out.  Not just for Addison but for the uncle that we never got to meet either, Matthew Dane Tucker.  This is a day to remember all babies that were here all to short on this earth.

Let me give you a little background information.  In October of 1988, Presiden Ronald Reagan proclaimed October as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. This month recognizes the loss so many parents experience across the United States and around the world.  It is meant to inform and provide resources for parents who have lost children due to miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, stillbirths, birth defects, SIDS, and other causes.

Later on, Robyn Bear, Founder of www.october15th.com, envisioned a day when all grieving parents could come together and be surrounded by love and support from their friends and families, a day where the community could better understand their pain and learn how to reach out to those grieving.  This would be a day to reflect on the loss yet embrace the love.  While our babies' lives where so brief, they were also very meaningful.  Yet, there was not a time to talk about them.  Our society seemed to forget or perhaps, simply didn't know how to reach out.

WE ARE ASKING EVERYONE IN ALL TIME ZONES, WORLDWIDE, TO JOIN US IN A CANDLE LIGHTING CEREMONY AT 7 PM ON OCTOBER 15TH.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT www.october15th.com

Ideals for October 15th

- Light candles and display them in your window.

- Contact local radio and news stations and have them announce that it is October 15, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.

- Drive with you headlights on. Also, ask that radio and news stations announce this as well.

- Leave your porch lights on. Have radio and news stations announce this as well.

- Release butterflies.

- Release Doves.

- Sponsor a candle lighting ceremony in a park, church, or local hospital.

- Send off pink or blue balloons with your Angel's name and/or picture.

Ideals for the Month of October

- Tying pink and blue ribbons around trees in yards, neighborhoods, and parks.

- Place signs and banners in your yard, neighborhoods, and parks

- Contact your local radio stations and television news stations to have them announce that October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.

- Write an article ans submit it to your local newspaper.

- Sponsor flowers in memory of your baby in a church service or hospital.

- Have a t-shirt made that says I have an Angel, and have your child's name put on it.

October 15, 2008

October 15, 2009