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Series: Finding Ways to Support Yourself Through Your Healing Journey: Gathering
(2 of 10) Suffering is universal. Suffering almost always causes an automatic reaction of withdrawing into ourselves. We know that being alone for a time can give us a personal level of healing, a moment in time to regroup. We need that time of deep grieving as it is part of the journey and acknowledges…
Read MoreSeries: Finding Ways to Support Yourself Through Your Healing Journey: Hobbies
(1 of 10) Finding the Hobby You Weren’t Expecting : How to be Gentle With Yourself in Something New Over the next two weeks, we will talk about activities we can pursue that are not difficult, but could definitely improve our overall mental and emotional wellbeing. We would all agree that losing a baby…
Read MoreThe Legacy of Lincoln Herman – Soin Medical Center in Dayton Ohio
Again and again, the legacy of these babies shows us what compassion-in-action looks like. Their families honor their memories by giving in advance to other families who are unaware that stillbirth will become part of their future. We all would love to stop stillbirth and infant death. But the sad truth is we can not.…
Read MoreAugusta County couple honors stillborn daughter by raising money to donate Caring Cradles to area hospitals
“An Augusta County couple continues to grieve after they lost their stillborn daughter, Alivia. Laura Shifflett and her fiancé Dakota Martin were able to spend 22.5 hours with their daughter, thanks to a cooling device called a Caring Cradle. It has a cooling mattress pad, which allows families to spend more time with their stillborn baby.”
Read MoreThis Kettering Family Shares How 500-plus Teddy Bears Have Filled Empty Hands When Hearts are Breaking
This couple doesn’t want any other mother to leave the hospital with empty hands.
Read MoreCatherine Elizabeth Embly and Justice C.C. Myers-Cannon
Two families shared a loss that every parent can’t bear to think of: losing their children to stillbirth. However, they honor their babies in the effort they determined to do together: donating a Caring Cradle to Meritus Healthcare Foundation. “As a family who has lived and continues to live with the tragedy and pain of…
Read MoreHow the Caring Cradle Helps Nurses
Nurses Benefit From Having a Caring Cradle in the Unit When I designed the Caring Cradle, I knew that nurses needed helped when babies were stillborn.⠀ Nurses want to provide compassionate and caring help.⠀ When you give a nurse a Caring Cradle, they are able to provide that compassionate, caring assistance AND give the mother…
Read MoreWilliam James Duley
Scott and Alison Duley lost their son, William James Duley, in 2010, only a week after he was born. To honor their precious son, William’s parents donated a Caring Cradle to Beaumont Hospital, Dearborn, MI. Scott said. “William has a legacy and that legacy is going to help other families.” Source: News Herald, Southgate, MI
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