Tools to Prevent Stillbirth
We've got the tools to save babies' lives.
Ready to make stillbirth prevention a priority in your practice?
The PUSH Medical Advisors stand at the ready to support you. We can do this, together.
If you have questions about anything below, don't hesitate to reach out.
Proven Stillbirth Prevention Protocols
Our international counterparts are already doing it. We can, too.
Our friends across the pond have implemented this straightforward 5-step protocol to reducing smoking during pregnancy, catch more growth restricted babies, raise awareness of reduced fetal movements, improve fetal monitoring during labor, and reduce pre-term birth. In just 3 years the 20 participating maternity units saw a 20% drop in stillbirths.
Maternity care providers down under have introduced this 5-step protocol to reducing smoking in pregnancy, detect and manage fetal growth restriction, educate and respond to patients reporting altered fetal movements, encourage side sleep in the third trimester, and improve birth timing. Participating units are seeing a 30% reduction in stillbirth rate.
Stillbirth Prevention Tools
The tools are ready and waiting. Start saving lives today.
Our partner org. Count the Kicks is on a mission to save 7,500 babies each year in the U.S., but they can’t do it without the help of dedicated healthcare professionals like you. Count the Kicks is an evidence-based stillbirth prevention campaign that helps expectant parents and providers have a conversation about kick counting in the third trimester. Teaching patients how to Count the Kicks only takes a few minutes, and it’s a conversation that can truly make an impact by saving a baby’s life. They have developed a proven set of educational materials and resources, including a free app for expectant parents.
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Learn more about the Count the Kicks App
Help us educate expectant parents on the importance of tracking fetal movement in the third trimester and to understand their baby’s normal movement pattern. This way, if they notice a change, they feel empowered to contact you right away!
Count the Kicks (Free APP + Educational Materials)
There is a well-documented correlation between small placental size and adverse pregnancy outcomes. What if we could detect an unusually small placenta before delivery? This simple, 30-second technique does just that, and can be performed using any standard ultrasound machine. Developed by Yale's Dr. Harvey Kliman, EPV is a new innovation to add to your toolkit.
Though this campaign is intended to combat maternal mortality, it recommends many of the same strategies that are effective in preventing stillbirth, including awareness of fetal movements and partnering closely with patients to empower them with knowledge of urgent maternal warning signs and tools to help advocate for themselves. The CDC has created a fantastic series of informative posters, handouts, and graphics for both providers and expectant families that can be used to educate staff and patients alike.
Lightning may not strike twice, but stillbirth does. Rainbow Clinic care guidelines - innovated and proven in the UK, and now making their way to the US - ensure that families who have experienced a perinatal death not only receive the empathetic support they deserve, but also significantly reduces their chances of suffering another devastating loss.
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Learn more about the Rainbow Clinic Model
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Access the PUSH Pregnancy After Loss Provider Online Training Module (please contact us for free preview and organizational pricing)
