We're sorry you're here.
If you are suffering from a stillbirth loss and you would like more information on the Sapphire Sea Program, please contact us by filling out this quick form or calling/texting us at 22-HELPSMOM.
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Donations are expressly appreciated.
What is Stillbirth?
Stillbirth is further classified as either early, late, or term.
- An early stillbirth is a fetal death occurring between 20 and 27 completed weeks of pregnancy.
- A late stillbirth occurs between 28 and 36 completed pregnancy weeks.
- A term stillbirth occurs between 37 or more completed pregnancy weeks..
Stillbirth affects about 1 in 100 pregnancies, and each year about 24,000 babies are stillborn in the United States.1 That is about the same number of babies that die during the first year of life and it is more than 10 times as many deaths as the number that occur from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
Resources
Books
Grief/loss
Tear Soup by Pat Schwiebert
I will Carry You by Angie Smith
Empty Arms by Pam Vredevelt
Surviving the Loss of a Child by Elizabeth Brown
Through the Eyes of a Lion by Levi Lusco
Grieving the Child I never Knew by Kathe Wunnenberg
Still by Stephanie Paige Cole
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby by Deborah Davis
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk, MD
Kid's grief
The Rabbit Listened By Cori Doerrfeld
Honoring Angel Babies
Water Bugs and Dragon Flies (explaining death to your children)
Invisible String by Patrice Karst
Wish by Mathew Cordell
My Yellow Balloon by Tiffany Papageorge
Someone Came Before You by Pat Schweibert
Pregnancy After Loss
Joy at the End of the Rainbow by Amanda Ross-White
Expecting Sunshine by Alexis Marie Chute
Pregnancy Brain by Parijat Dashpande
Pregnancy After Loss by Carol Cirulli Lanham
Websites
Still Birthday
Still Standing Magazine
Star Legacy Foundation
Kellymom (for how to deal with milk production/drying up)
FaceBook Support
Stillbirth and Infant Loss Support Group
Stillborn and Sleeping Babies Support Group
Long Island Milk Sharing
Grief Donation: Breastfeeding
Turning Hearts
On the morning of November 12, 2018, Noelle and Chris Beutler found out that the baby they had been carrying for 9 months didn't have a heartbeat.
They returned home and labored peacefully surrounded by love. At 4:10 PM, Saoirse Sapphire was born sleeping. The most perfect baby girl was encompassed by a circle of love and support of the Beutlers and their birth team.
Noelle founded the Sapphire Sea Program to help parents navigate this very lonely and sad path of having to lose a child.
Each parent that reaches out to us regarding a stillbirth will receive a package from the Sapphire Sea Program. The package is meant to help the parents with lists of resources, ideas on what to do, support for the future.
Please accept our sincere and heartfelt love. We see you.
