Helen Raleigh

When I was four months pregnant with my son Lucas, my husband Mike and I started talking about baby names. Everyone, including us, thought that after the first trimester, the rest of the pregnancy would be worry-free. It was our first time, and we didn’t know any better. Thus, we felt safe and confident making plans for the future, like choosing a name. My husband wanted to name our son Richard, after his uncle. I didn’t like the name because people often use Dick as a nickname for Richard,...

Colorado Governor Issues Proclamation Recognizing September 19 as National Stillbirth Awareness and Prevention Day [Denver, CO] — The Due Time Documentary project today announced that Colorado Governor Jared Polis has issued a proclamation recognizing Saturday, September 19, 2026, as National Stillbirth Awareness and Prevention Day in the State of Colorado. The proclamation honors the tens of thousands of families across the United States—and in Colorado—who have endured the loss of a baby to...

“I wish someone had taken us through the most common things that could go wrong,” Kathryn told me. “Stillbirth would have actually been on that list.” She and her husband, Jann, who teaches at Stanford, lost their first child last year. Their son, Ziggy, was stillborn in 2025, at 39 weeks. The pregnancy seemed healthy. They live in Silicon Valley, close to one of the best medical care systems in the country. Still, no one told them that stillbirth (the death of a fetus at or after 20 weeks...