Parenting by Emily Toxward
Premium Content  ATREUS Stanley Burvill would have celebrated his first birthday on April 7, but tragically his parents Courtney and Ben lost their only child at 22 weeks gestation when he was born still. Experiencing stillbirth was absolutely mind-blowing and traumatic, said Mrs Burvill. Mind-blowing to find out how many people actually experience it, and traumatic in the sense there is no way to control your feelings or emotions. Nothing prepares you for what you go through and what we continue to go through from our experience of stillbirth. There s no heads up, no notice. The Upper Coomera couple say their grief haunts them daily, but they re speaking out to start the conversation about stillbirth, something that affects six in 10 Australians but is rarely spoken about.
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Subscriber only A HERVEY Bay nurse and research director has received $300,000 in funding to investigate tobacco and nicotine exposure patterns in pregnant indigenous women, with a view to improving health outcomes. Director of Research Education, Development and Support Dr Angela Ratsch s grant is part of a $4 million funding boost from the State Government to investigate vital health issues across the state. She will collaborate with Galangoor Duwalami Primary Healthcare Service, the Poche Centre for indigenous Health at the University of Sydney, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth and the University of Queensland on the research. In Wide Bay, the rate of smoking in pregnancy is still high, including by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, Dr Ratsch said.