Proceedings of 2014 Stillbirth Summit

Abstract

The proceedings contain 18 papers. The topics discussed include: the placenta and adverse pregnancy outcomes - opening the black box?; toward better understanding of the human placenta: development of 'disease-in-a-dish' models; a kick in the right direction - reduced fetal movements and stillbirth prevention; stillbirth surveillance consortium; the 39-week rule and term stillbirth: beneficence, autonomy, and the ethics of the current restrictions on early-term labor induction in the US; reducing risks of fetal injury and stillbirths caused by infection/inflammation using healthy behaviors; talking to pregnant women about stillbirth; mediocre or excellent-where does your facility stand? becoming a perinatal loss gold standard hospital; improving support in pregnancy after stillbirth or neonatal death: IMPs study; subsequent pregnancy: healing to attach after perinatal loss; the rules of bereavement work: emotion work in online perinatal loss support groups; and ripples in the pond: caring for extended family members after a perinatal loss.