Research and Initiatives to Reduce the Rate of Stillbirth

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Every year in the US, 22000 babies are stillborn. The devastation for their families is difficult to describe and the impact of their lives lost is often unmeasured. Unfortunately, many health professionals are taught that stillbirth in this setting is argely unpreventable. Recent efforts in other high-income settings, however, have shown this to be false. This presentation will review the status of stillbirth in the United States and how that compares to other nations. We will review initiatives that have shown to reduce stillbirth and address the barriers to their implementation in the United States. Improvement in the US stillbirth rate is possible. The discussion will consider what is needed to realize similar results and how each health professional can play a role

Krista Maltais

AdvPCD/PDT(DONA), ALC, BS

Krista Maltais is an Advanced Postpartum Doula and Postpartum Doula Trainer with DONA International as well as an Advanced Lactation Counselor with the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice. She holds a BS in Family Studies from the University of New Hampshire and is the Founder and Owner of Relief Parenting Respite & Resource Center in Hampton, NH; the first and only parenting center of it’s kind. She is also the author of “My Baby, My Doula, and Me”, a children’s book about postpartum doula care.

Krista has the unique lived experience of becoming a postpartum doula at the age of 23 and spending 7 years working as a doula before having her first child.

Krista brings her educational background, professional observations, and personal experiences into each of her workshop and mentorship experiences. She is passionate about perinatal and parental support and strongly believes doula work is a form of advocacy and preventative care.