This may be a bit long but please read it to the end.  This is a web posting by a Mom who trusted her maternal instincts that something wasn't right with her pregnancy.  Connie, a Star Legacy Foundation Board Member replied and urged her to seek another opinion.  Long story short..... she did and has a healthy baby that no doubt would have been another tragedy.  Kudo's to Connie!  Please keep an eye on the Star Legacy Foundation web page - we're under going a renovation AND we'll soon be unveiling our new awareness and advocacy campaign.  We'll need your help to spread the word!!  Know your baby, count your baby's movements, ask for an ultrasound around 28 weeks to identify potential placental and/or cord issues that may require further monitoring and trust your instincts. 
Blessings,
Shauna

 

We are pleased to let you all know that this year we are adding a Friday night dinner (July 30th) to the golf benefit weekend!  This dinner will be held at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Longmont, CO and will feature Jason H. Collins, MD of The Pregnancy Institute in New Roads, LA.  The title of his presentation is "Stillborn but Still Born: Emerging Evidence in the Prevention of Stillbirth."  Details will be forthcoming but be sure to mark this date on your calendar now!

Wow!  What a job - but we are SO excited about the Star Legacy Cookbook!  We are so thrilled with the great response we've had to our requests for recipes!  There are well over 500 recipes in the cookbook thanks to all of you!

The cookbook has been sent off to the printer and we anticipate delivery in mid-May.  Please be sure to reserve your copy now so that you will get yours before they sell out!  At $20 each - that is less than 4 cents per recipe!!  Go to the Star Legacy Store and reserve your copy today!!!  What a great gift for  Mother's Day, birthdays, Christmas, or 'just because'!!

All proceeds from cookbook sales will go to stillbirth research and education projects!! 

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

Just a quick update.....

First of all, the cookbook is coming along nicely!  We are heading closer by the minute to our goal of 500 recipes!  If you haven't sent in a recipe yet - or want to send more, please feel free to do so! 

Second, the Star Legacy Foundation is hosting a meeting the first weekend in February in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with representatives of First Candle, Babies Remembered, Missing Grace Foundation, 1st Breath, Healthy BIRTH Day and The Pregnancy Institute.  The objective of this meeting is to discuss a collective strategy to increase awareness of umbilical cord and placental high risk factors and prenatal management of these high risk situations.  Stay tuned for more information!!

We are also hard at work on several grant applications - and we'll need your help before long!  Stay tuned - we'll be in touch!!

And, of course, the 5th Annual golf benefit planning is well underway.  This year it will be held on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at Thorncreek Golf Course in Thornton, Colorado.  We already know of folks coming from far and wide so it will no doubt be another great success.

New to the golf benefit weekend this year is a dinner on Friday evening prior to the benefit.  This dinner will be held at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Longmont, Coloado.  Dr. Jason Collins of the Pregnancy Institute will be the gues speaker for the evening.  Tickets to the dinner and golf benefit will be available shortly on the website. 

And finaly - did you know.......

Every day in the United States nearly 100 infants are stillborn - most causes are undetermined.  The Star Legacy Foundation for Stillbirth Research & Education considers this unacceptable.  Together we can make a difference!

 

The Star Legacy Foundation is producing a cookbook "Food for Thought" to continue our mission of supporting stillbirth research and education.  We invite everyone to join us by submitting recipes and encouraging your friends and family to do the same.  The recipe submission deadline is January 31, 2010.  Recipes can be submitted in memory of a child if you wish.

The Star Legacy Foundation is pleased to report that we have been accepted as a full member of the International Stillbirth Alliance.

ISA members comprise a diverse alliance of international organizations, ranging from parental groups and educational institutions to research groups. Members work together to support the goals of the organization.

We are honored to be found worthy of full membership in this organization and look forward to working in collaboration to end the needless tragedies so many families endure each year around the world.

Please visit the website for the International Stillbirth Alliance.

www.stillbirthalliance.org

The 4th Annual Golfing For Garrett benefit was again a huge success!  We had a record number of golfers this year.  Next year our goal is to fill the golf tournament completely!  To date we have now contributed $26,000 to support the research of Dr. Jason Collins and the National Institute for Stillbirth Research.

We are presently investigating other ways our non-golfing friends and supporters can help support stillbirth research and education.  Stay tuned for details as plans are finalized.  We welcome your suggestions!

We are extremely honored to learn from Jason Collins, MD that he will attend the 4th Annual Golfing for Garrett Charity golf tournament.    

Dr. Jason H. Collins, founder of The Pregnancy Institute, is the preeminent expert in the world on umbilical cord accidents. Based on his research he believes simple cord compressions account for a large portion of stillbirths said to be due to "indeterminable reasons".

Without the benefit of government grants or public funding, Dr. Collins, a practicing OB/GYN in New Roads, Louisiana, has spent his career studying the role played by umbilical cords in stillbirths. He has traveled, lectured, admonished and cajoled other members of the medical community, challenging them to put his research to the test.